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Ballad of Sir Robert, the Laird of Lag, who captures a hill lad to make him tell where Tam Glen is; he refuses; Robert kills him, to horror of his men; mother comes and cleans body

Dialogue between a child and his unborn brother

3 quatrains, abab

Two short verses with epigraph: "he loves me - loves me not." The first verse asks "who would not love..." The second verse begins "who would not dream..."

3 stanzas, ababab

8-part song, each with a subhead, each containing 3 quatrains

Winter personifed: "His shoulder mighty as a mountain boulder”; “The kiss of his cold lip/Is good”

Part I: "A Forerunner"--12 quatrains aabb
Part II: "The Meeting of Spring and Summer"--16 sestets, ababab

10 quatrains, aabb

single 9-line stanza