The Spaewife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB AABB AABB ACBB AABB| OH I wad like to ken to the beggar wife says I | A |
| Why chops are guid to brander and nane sae guid to fry | A |
| An siller that s sae braw to keep is brawer still to gi e | B |
| It s gey an easy spierin says the beggar wife to me | B |
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| Oh I wad like to ken to the beggar wife says I | A |
| Hoo a things come to be whaur we find them when we try | A |
| The lasses in their claes an the fishes in the sea | B |
| It s gey an easy spierin says the beggar wife to me | B |
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| Oh I wad like to ken to the beggar wife says I | A |
| Why lads are a to sell an lasses a to buy | A |
| An naebody for dacency but barely twa or three | B |
| It s gey an easy spierin says the beggar wife to me | B |
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| Oh I wad like to ken to the beggar wife says I | A |
| Gin death s as shure to men as killin is to kye | C |
| Why God has filled the yearth sae fu o tasty things to pree | B |
| It s gey an easy spierin says the beggar wife to me | B |
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| Oh I wad like to ken to the beggar wife says I | A |
| The reason o the cause an the wherefore o the why | A |
| Wi mony anither riddle brings the tear into my e e | B |
| It s gey an easy spierin says the beggar wife to me | B |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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