Kenmare River. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB BABA ACAC CCCC CDCD E F AFA ACAC BGBG CBCBB| 'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry | A |
| 'Tis pretty to be in Ballindoon | B |
| But 'tis prettier far in County Kerry | A |
| Coortin' under the bran' new moon | B |
| Aroon Aroon | B |
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| 'Twas there by the bosom of blue Killarney | B |
| They came by the hundther' a coortin' me | A |
| Sure I was the one to give back their blarney | B |
| An' merry was I to be fancy free | A |
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| But niver a step in the lot was lighter | A |
| An' divvle a boulder among the bhoys | C |
| Than Phelim O'Shea me dynamither | A |
| Me illigant arthist in clock work toys | C |
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| 'Twas all for love he would bring his figgers | C |
| Of iminent statesmen in toy machines | C |
| An' hould me hand as he pulled the thriggers | C |
| An' scattered the thraytors to smithereens | C |
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| An' to see the Queen in her Crystial Pallus | C |
| Fly up to the roof an' the windeys broke | D |
| And all with divvle a trace of malus | C |
| But he was the bhoy that enjoyed his joke | D |
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| Then O but his cheek would flush an' 'Bridget ' | - |
| He 'd say 'Will yez love me ' But I 'd be coy | E |
| And answer him 'Arrah now dear don't fidget ' | - |
| Though at heart I loved him me arthist bhoy | F |
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| One night we stood by the Kenmare river | A |
| An' 'Bridget creina now whist ' said he | F |
| 'I'll be goin' to night an' may be for iver | A |
| Open your arms at the last to me ' | - |
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| 'Twas there by the banks of the Kenmare river | A |
| He took in his hands me white white face | C |
| An' we kissed our first an' our last for iver | A |
| For Phelim O'Shea is disparsed in space | C |
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| 'Twas pretty to be by blue Killarney | B |
| 'Twas pretty to hear the linnets's call | G |
| But whist for I cannot attind their blarney | B |
| Nor whistle in answer at all at all | G |
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| For the voice that he swore 'ud out call the linnet's | C |
| Is cracked intoirely and out of chune | B |
| Since the clock work missed it by thirteen minutes | C |
| An' scattered me Phelim around the moon | B |
| Aroon Aroon | B |
Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch
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