Willie Wastle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCAC DCECFCAC ACACACAC GDHDGCAC| Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed | A |
| The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie | A |
| Willie was a wabster guid | A |
| Could stown a clue wi onie body | A |
| He had a wife was dour and din | B |
| O Tinkler Maidgie was her mither | C |
| Sic a wife as Willie had | A |
| I wad na gie a button for her | C |
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| She has an e'e she has but ane | D |
| The cat has twa the very colour | C |
| Five rusty teeth forbye a stump | E |
| A clapper toungue wad deave a miller | C |
| A whiskin beard about her mou | F |
| Her nose and chin they threaten ither | C |
| Sic a wife as Willie had | A |
| I wad na gie a button for her | C |
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| She's bow hough'd she's hem shin'd | A |
| Ae limpin leg a hand breed shorter | C |
| She's twisted right she's twisted left | A |
| To balance fair in ilka quarter | C |
| She has a hump upon her breast | A |
| The twin o that upon her shouther | C |
| Sic a wife as Willie had | A |
| I wad na gie a button for her | C |
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| Auld baudrans by the ingle sits | G |
| An wi her loof her face a washin | D |
| But Willie's wife is nae sae trig | H |
| She dights her frunzie wi a hushion | D |
| Her walie nieves like midden creels | G |
| Her face wad fyle the Logan Water | C |
| Sic a wife as Willie had | A |
| I wad na gie a button for her | C |
Robert Burns
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