Written In A Wrapper, Enclosing A Letter To Captain Grose. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBFB FBFB GBGB HBHB EBEB| Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose | A |
| Igo and ago | B |
| If he's amang his friends or foes | A |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| Is he south or is he north | C |
| Igo and ago | B |
| Or drowned in the river Forth | C |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| Is he slain by Highlan' bodies | D |
| Igo and ago | B |
| And eaten like a wether haggis | D |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| Is he to Abram's bosom gane | E |
| Igo and ago | B |
| Or haudin' Sarah by the wame | F |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| Where'er he be the L d be near him | F |
| Igo and ago | B |
| As for the deil he daur na steer him | F |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| But please transmit the enclosed letter | G |
| Igo and ago | B |
| Which will oblige your humble debtor | G |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| So may he hae auld stanes in store | H |
| Igo and ago | B |
| The very stanes that Adam bore | H |
| Iram coram dago | B |
| - | |
| So may ye get in glad possession | E |
| Igo and ago | B |
| The coins o' Satan's coronation | E |
| Iram coram dago | B |
Robert Burns
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