Red Red Rose

A Red, Red Rose
BY ROBERT BURNS
O my Luve is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile.

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Poetry: A creative form of metrical composition.

Simile: An explicit comparison using "like" or "as".

Metaphor: An implicit comparison in which one thing is described using another.

Rhyme: Repetition of similar sounds at the end of the poetic line.

Ballad Meter: A four-line stanza or quatrain rhyming abcb or abab.

Repetition: A unifying element in poetry. Repeating words, sounds, stanzas, ideas, syllables, etc.

Song: A poem written with or fitted in musical setting.

Eye Rhyme: When two words are spelled the same but pronounced differently.