More frequently stanzas occur with an anisometrical first and last part and crossed rhymes in each of them; the schemes are a4 b5 a4 b5 c4 d3 c5 d d4, a5 b2 a5 b2 c c5 d d2 c4, a4 b2 a4 b2 c4 d d2 c c4. The most popular, however, are those stanzas in which one or other of the two main parts consists of Septenary verses; they are of frequent occurrence in Burns and other modern poets; a stanza on the scheme a4 b3 a4 b3 c4 d ~3 c4 d ~3 r2, e.g., is found in Burns, The Holy Fair (p. 14):
Upon a simmer Sunday morn,
When Nature’s face is fair,
I walked forth to view the corn,
An’ snuff’ the caller air.
The risin’ sun, owre Galston muirs,
Wi’ glorious light was glintin;
The hares were hirplin down the furrs,
The lav’rocks they were chantin
Fu’ sweet that day.