This stanza was formed by the famous poet, Robert Burns. The first three line and the fifth line rhyme and include eight syllables. The fourth and sixth lines form a second pair of rhymes and have six syllabels. The pattern is as followed:
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x b
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x b
“Simple Sundays”
Simple, happy Sunday cares and
Thoughts that slip away the day planned
And fall to happy sighs offhand
With blissful smiles shown
And hoping not to understand
How quickly time has flown
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