Robin And Makyne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACADAE FGFDFHF DCDDDDD GBGBGBG IFIFIFI FDFDFDF F F F F I I I I FDFJFKF ILILILIL GMGMGMG DFDFDDD DDDDLDD DDBDDDD DDDDD D HDHDHDHD| Robin sat on gude green hill | A |
| Kepand a flock of fe | B |
| Mirry Makyne said him till | A |
| 'Robin thou rew on me | C |
| I haif thee luvit loud and still | A |
| Thir yeiris twa or thre | D |
| My dule in dern bot gif thou dill | A |
| Doutless but dreid I de ' | E |
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| Robin answerit 'By the Rude | F |
| Na thing of luve I knaw | G |
| But keipis my scheip undir yon wud | F |
| Lo quhair they raik on raw | D |
| Quhat has marrit thee in thy mude | F |
| Makyne to me thou shaw | H |
| Or quhat is luve or to be lude | F |
| Fain wad I leir that law ' | - |
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| 'At luvis lair gif thou will leir | D |
| Tak thair ane A B C | C |
| Be heynd courtass and fair of feir | D |
| Wyse hardy and free | D |
| So that no danger do thee deir | D |
| Quhat dule in dern thou dre | D |
| Preiss thee with pain at all poweir | D |
| Be patient and previe ' | - |
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| Robin answerit hir agane | G |
| 'I wat nocht quhat is lufe | B |
| But I haif mervel in certaine | G |
| Quhat makis thee this wanrufe | B |
| The weddir is fair and I am fain | G |
| My scheip gois haill aboif | B |
| And we wald prey us in this plane | G |
| They wald us baith reproif ' | - |
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| 'Robin tak tent unto my tale | I |
| And wirk all as I reid | F |
| And thou sall haif my heart all haill | I |
| Eik and my maiden heid | F |
| Sen God sendis bute for baill | I |
| And for murnyng remeid | F |
| In dern with thee bot gif I daill | I |
| Dowtles I am bot deid ' | - |
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| 'Makyne to morn this ilka tyde | F |
| And ye will meit me heir | D |
| Peraventure my scheip may gang besyde | F |
| Quhyle we haif liggit full neir | D |
| But mawgre haif I and I byde | F |
| Fra they begin to steir | D |
| Quhat lyis on heart I will nocht hyd | F |
| Makyn then mak gude cheir ' | - |
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| 'Robin thou reivis me roiff and rest | F |
| I luve bot thee allane ' | - |
| 'Makyne adieu the sone gois west | F |
| The day is neir hand gane ' | - |
| 'Robin in dule I am so drest | F |
| That luve will be my bane ' | - |
| 'Ga luve Makyne quhair evir thow list | F |
| For lemman I luve nane ' | - |
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| 'Robin I stand in sic a styll | I |
| I sicht and that full sair ' | - |
| 'Makyne I haif been here this quhyle | I |
| At hame God gif I wair ' | - |
| 'My huny Robin talk ane quhyll | I |
| Gif thow will do na mair ' | - |
| 'Makyn sum uthir man begyle | I |
| For hamewart I will fair ' | - |
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| Robin on his wayis went | F |
| As light as leif of tre | D |
| Makyne murnit in hir intent | F |
| And trowd him nevir to se | J |
| Robin brayd attour the bent | F |
| Then Makyne cryit on hie | K |
| 'Now may thow sing for I am schent | F |
| Quhat alis lufe at me ' | - |
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| Makyne went hame withowttin fail | I |
| Full wery eftir cowth weip | L |
| Then Robin in a ful fair daill | I |
| Assemblit all his scheip | L |
| Be that sum part of Makynis aill | I |
| Out throw his hairt cowd creip | L |
| He fallowit hir fast thair till assaill | I |
| And till her tuke gude keip | L |
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| 'Abyd abyd thow fair Makyne | G |
| A word for ony thing | M |
| For all my luve it sall be thyne | G |
| Withowttin departing | M |
| All haill thy hairt for till haif myne | G |
| Is all my cuvating | M |
| My scheip to morn quhyle houris nyne | G |
| Will neid of no keping ' | - |
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| 'Robin thow hes hard soung and say | D |
| In gestis and storeis auld | F |
| The man that will nocht quhen he may | D |
| Sall haif nocht quhen he wald | F |
| I pray to Jesu every day | D |
| Mot eik thair cairis cauld | D |
| That first preissis with thee to play | D |
| Be firth forrest or fauld ' | - |
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| 'Makyne the nicht is soft and dry | D |
| The weddir is warme and fair | D |
| And the grene woid rycht neir us by | D |
| To walk attour all quhair | D |
| Thair ma na janglour us espy | L |
| That is to lufe contrair | D |
| Thairin Makyne baith ye and I | D |
| Unsene we ma repair ' | - |
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| 'Robin that warld is all away | D |
| And quyt brocht till ane end | D |
| And nevir agane thereto perfay | B |
| Sall it be as thow wend | D |
| For of my pane thow maid it play | D |
| And all in vane I spend | D |
| As thow hes done sa sall I say | D |
| Murne on I think to mend ' | - |
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| 'Makyne the howp of all my heill | D |
| My hairt on thee is sett | D |
| And evirmair to thee be leill | D |
| Quhill I may leif but lett | D |
| Never to faill as utheris feill | D |
| Quhat grace that evir I gett ' | - |
| 'Robin with thee I will nocht deill | D |
| Adieu for thus we mett ' | - |
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| Makyne went hame blyth anneuche | H |
| Attour the holttis hair | D |
| Robin murnit and Makyne leuche | H |
| Scho sang he sichit sair | D |
| And so left him baith wo and wreuch | H |
| In dolour and in cair | D |
| Kepand his hird under a huche | H |
| Amangis the holttis hair | D |
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