Rhyme Scheme Robert Burns Song Ae Fond Kiss

• Use of rhyming couplets AABB + predominantly full rhyme => ensures less discordant and more harmonious - does this sing-song patterning conceal his grief so she doesn't feel guilt about what she can't control, as a subordinate woman?

•The meter puts a stress on the first syllable of every line, and it ends each line with something unstressed so 'the' and 'thee' leads to sad, melancholic, fading rhythm. 

• Or is he trying to take back control over his own emotions, as reflected in the regularity of the rhyme scheme - no longer powerless?

• Does this create a sense of insincerity + rehearsed work?