Montrose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEDD FGGFHHHH IJJIGFGF FFFFKLKL| Gin I should fa' | A |
| Lord by ony chance | B |
| And they howms o' France | B |
| Haud me for guid an' a' | C |
| And gin I gang to Thee | D |
| Lord dinna blame | E |
| But oh tak' tent tak' tent o' an Angus lad like me | D |
| An' let me hame | D |
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| I winna seek to bide | F |
| Awa owre lang | G |
| Gin but Ye'll let me gang | G |
| Back to yon rowin' tide | F |
| Whaur aye Montrose my ain | H |
| Sits like a queen | H |
| The Esk ae side ae side the sea whaur she's set her lane | H |
| On the bents between | H |
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| I'll hear the bar | I |
| Loupin' in its place | J |
| An' see the steeple's face | J |
| Dim i' the creepin' haar | I |
| And the toon clock's sang | G |
| Will cry through the weit | F |
| And the coal bells ring aye ring on the cairts as they gang | G |
| I' the drookit street | F |
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| Heaven's hosts are glad | F |
| Heaven's hames are bricht | F |
| And in yon streets o' licht | F |
| Walks mony an Angus lad | F |
| But my he'rt's aye back | K |
| Whaur my ain toon stands | L |
| And the steeple's shade is laid when the tide's at the slack | K |
| On the lang sands | L |
Violet Jacob
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