Master And Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFFGFG BBBBFHFH EIEIFEFG EBEBEJEJ| Do ye ken hoo to fush for the salmon | A |
| If ye'll listen I'll tell ye | B |
| Dinna trust to the books and their gammon | A |
| They're but trying to sell ye | B |
| Leave professors to read their ain cackle | C |
| And fush their ain style | D |
| Come awa' sir we'll oot wi' oor tackle | C |
| And be busy the while | D |
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| 'Tis a wee bit ower bright ye were thinkin' | E |
| Aw ye'll no be the loser | F |
| 'Tis better ten baskin' and blinkin' | E |
| Than ane that's a cruiser | F |
| If ye're bent as I tak it on slatter | F |
| Ye should pray for the droot | G |
| For the salmon's her ain when there's watter | F |
| But she's oors when it's oot | G |
| - | |
| Ye may just put your flee book behind ye | B |
| Ane hook wull be plenty | B |
| If they'll no come for this my man mind ye | B |
| They'll no come for twenty | B |
| Ay a rod but the shorter the stranger | F |
| And the nearer to strike | H |
| For myself I prefare it nae langer | F |
| Than a yard or the like | H |
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| Noo ye'll stand awa' back while I'm creepin' | E |
| Wi' my snoot i' the gowans | I |
| There's a bonny twalve poonder a sleepin' | E |
| I' the shade o' yon rowans | I |
| Man man I was fearin' I'd stirred her | F |
| But I've got her the noo | E |
| Hoot fushin's as easy as murrder | F |
| When ye ken what to do | G |
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| Na na sir I doot na ye're willin' | E |
| But I canna permit ye | B |
| For I'm thinkin' that yon kind o' killin' | E |
| Wad hardly befit ye | B |
| And some work is deefficult hushin' | E |
| There'd be havers and chaff | J |
| 'Twull be best sir for you to be fushin' | E |
| And me wi' the gaff | J |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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