The Telegraph Clerk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFHIJ KLK AMA N NO PQR SASATUTU| Sitting here by my desk all day | A |
| Hearing the constant click | B |
| As the messages speed on their way | A |
| And the call comes sharp and quick | B |
| Oh what a varied tale they tell | C |
| Of joy and hope and fear | D |
| The funeral knell and the marriage bell | C |
| In their steady tick I hear | E |
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| 'Mother is dying come at once ' | - |
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| And the tears will almost start | F |
| For tender daughters and loving sons | G |
| God pity each aching heart | F |
| Ah how the haunting memories press | H |
| Of the mother's unfailing tenderness | I |
| That is now forever o'er | J |
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| 'I am well will come tonight ' | - |
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| How bright some eyes will glow | K |
| All day long with a happy light | L |
| As they watch the moments go | K |
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| Have had no letters is something wrong ' | - |
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| Some heart is sad today | A |
| Counting the hours that seem so long | M |
| For the sake of one away | A |
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| 'Arthur Ross by accident killed | N |
| Tell his mother am coming home ' | - |
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| Alas for the home with such sorrow filled | N |
| When the bitter tidings come | O |
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| 'Alice is better gaining fast ' | - |
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| And hearts that have been bowed | P |
| Under their weight of fear at last | Q |
| Shall lose their weary load | R |
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| So over the wires the tidings speed | S |
| Bitter and grave and gay | A |
| Some hearts shall beat and some shall bleed | S |
| For the tale they have to say | A |
| As I sit all day by my desk alone | T |
| I hear the steam go by | U |
| And catch the wires' changeful tone | T |
| With a smile and then a sigh | U |
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