Ye Jacobites By Name Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAA CCDDCC EEFFGG HHIJHHYe Jacobites by name lend an ear lend an ear | A |
Ye Jacobites by name lend an ear | A |
Ye Jacobites by name | B |
Your fautes I will proclaim | B |
Your doctrines I maun blame you shall hear you shall hear | A |
Your doctrines I maun blame you shall hear | A |
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What is right and what is wrong by the law by the law | C |
What is right and what is wrong by the law | C |
What is right and what is wrong | D |
A short sword and a long | D |
A weak arm and a strong for to draw for to draw | C |
A weak arm and a strong for to draw | C |
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What makes heroic strife famed afar famed afar | E |
What makes heroic strife famed afar | E |
What makes heroic strife | F |
To whet th' assassin's knife | F |
Or hunt a Parent's life wi bluidy war wi bluidy war | G |
Or hunt a Parent's life wi bluidy war | G |
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Then let your schemes alone in the State in the State | H |
Then let your schemes alone in the State | H |
Then let your schemes alone | I |
Adore the rising sun | J |
And leave a man alone to his fate to his fate | H |
And leave a man alone to his fate | H |
Robert Burns
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