The Gowk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CDEDFFDF GHIAHHAH JEJKLEML| I see the Gowk an' the Gowk sees me | A |
| Beside a berry bush by the aipple tree | A |
| Old Scots Rhyme | B |
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| 'Tib my auntie's a deil to wark | C |
| Has me risin' 'afore the sun | D |
| Aince her heid is abune her sark | E |
| Then the clash o' her tongue's begun | D |
| Warslin' steerin' wi' hens an' swine | F |
| Naucht kens she o' a freend o' mine | F |
| But the Gowk that bides i' the woods o' Dun | D |
| He kens him fine | F |
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| Past the yaird an' ahint the stye | G |
| O the aipples grow bonnilie | H |
| Tib my auntie she canna' spy | I |
| Wha comes creepin' to kep wi' me | A |
| Aye she'd sort him for dod she's fell | H |
| Whisht nou Jimmie an' hide yersel' | H |
| An' the wice like bird i' the aipple tree | A |
| He winna' tell | H |
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| Aprile month or the aipples flower | J |
| Tib my auntie will rage an' ca' | E |
| Jimmie lad she may rin an' glower | J |
| What care I We'll be far awa' | K |
| Let her seek me the leelang day | L |
| Wha's to tell her the road we'll gae | E |
| For the cannie Gowk tho' he kens it a' | M |
| He winna' say | L |
Violet Jacob
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