The Bour-tree Den Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB CDCD EDED FFGG CCHH IJKKEEEE LLKKBBMM KKCC HHNN OOCCBBPP HHQQBBBB CCBB BBCCKKRR RRKK CCKK SSKK CCKK BBKK

CLINKUM CLANK in the rain they rideA
Down by the braes and the grey sea sideA
Clinkum clank by stane and cairnB
Weary fa' their horse shoe airnB
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Loud on the causey saft on the sandC
Round they rade by the tail of the landC
Round and up by the Bour Tree DenB
Weary fa' the red coat menB
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Aft hae I gane where they hae radeC
And straigled in the gowden broomsD
Aft hae I gane a saikless maidC
And O sae bonny as the bour tree bloomsD
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Wi' swords and guns they wanton thereE
Wi' red red coats and braw braw plumesD
But I gaed wi' my gowden hairE
And O sae bonny as the bour tree bloomsD
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I ran a little hempie lassF
In the sand and the bent grassF
Or took and kilted my small coatsG
To play in the beached fisher boatsG
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I waded deep and I ran fastC
I was as lean as a lugger's mastC
I was as brown as a fisher's creelH
And I liked my life unco weelH
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They blew a trumpet at the crossI
Some forty men both foot and horseJ
A'body cam to hear and seeK
And wha among the rest but meK
My lips were saut wi' the saut airE
My face was brown my feet were bareE
The wind had ravelled my tautit hairE
And I thought shame to be standing thereE
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Ae man there in the thick of the throngL
Sat in his saddle straight and strongL
I looked at him and he at meK
And he was a master man to seeK
And who is this yin and who is yonB
That has the bonny lendings onB
That sits and looks sae braw and crouseM
Mister Frank o' the Big HouseM
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I gaed my lane beside the seaK
The wind it blew in bush and treeK
The wind blew in bush and bentC
Muckle I saw and muckle kentC
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Between the beach and the sea hillH
I sat my lane and grat my fillH
I was sae clarty and hard and darkN
And like the kye in the cow parkN
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There fell a battle far in the northO
The evil news gaed back and forthO
And back and forth by brae and bentC
Hider and hunter cam and wentC
The hunter clattered horse shoe airnB
By causey crest and hill top cairnB
The hider in by shag and shenchP
Crept on his wame and little lenchP
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The eastland wind blew shrill and snellH
The stars arose the gloaming fellH
The firelight shone in window and doorQ
When Mr Frank cam here to shoreQ
He hirpled up by the links and the laneB
And chappit laigh in the back door staneB
My faither gaed and up wi' his han'B
Is this Mr Frank or a beggarmanB
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I have mistrysted sair he saidC
But let me into fire and bedC
Let me in for auld lang syneB
And give me a dram of the brandy wineB
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They hid him in the Bour Tree DenB
And I thought it strange to gang my laneB
I thought it strange I thought it sweetC
To gang there on my naked feetC
In the mirk night when the boats were at seaK
I passed the burn abune the kneeK
In the mirk night when the folks were asleepR
I had a tryst in the den to keepR
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Late and air' when the folks were asleepR
I had a tryst a tryst to keepR
I had a lad that lippened to meK
And bour tree blossom is fair to seeK
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O' the bour tree leaves I busked his bedC
The mune was siller the dawn was redC
Was nae man there but him and meK
And bour tree blossom is fair to seeK
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Unco weather hae we been throughS
The mune glowered and the wind blewS
And the rain it rained on him and meK
And bour tree blossom is fair to seeK
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Dwelling his lane but house or hauldC
Aft he was wet and aft was cauldC
I warmed him wi' my briest and kneeK
And bour tree blossom is fair to seeK
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There was nae voice of beast ae manB
But the tree soughed and the burn ranB
And we heard the ae voice of the seaK
Bour tree blossom is fair to seeK

Robert Louis Stevenson



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