Brothers O' Mine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABAA CDCDEFEF GAGA CDCDEFEF GAGA HCICJFJF KAKA HCICJFJF ALALAA MNMNOPOP AJAJAA QDQDRSRS ATATA

Brothers o' mine brothers o' mineA
All the world over from pole to poleB
All of them brothers of mine and thineA
Every wondering blundering soulB
Banded together by grace divineA
Brothers o' mine brothers o' mineA
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Good Brother Green at the service satC
Sat in the chapel and bowed his headD
Praying most fervently into his hatC
Bending his knee when The Word was readD
For good Brother Green was a godly manE
A godly keristian and what be moreF
He loved all sinners and carefully ranE
A worldy and prosperous grocery storeF
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'Brothers o' mine brothers o' mine '-
Quoted the preacher with dolorous droneG
'The Lord He hath given thee all that is thineA
Love ye not gold for itself aloneG
E'er to the fallen thy mercy inclineA
Love thou thy neighbour O brothers o' mine '-
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Good comrade Hal in the tavern satC
Sat in the tavern and tossed his headD
Tilting a glass to the brim of his hatC
Bending his arm when the toast was saidD
But comrade Hal was a godless manE
A godless sinner and what be moreF
He loved good liquor and carelessly ranE
A long long bill at the grocery storeF
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'Brother o' mine brother o' mine '-
Shouted the tippler in riotous toneG
'Toiled thou and sweated for all that is thineA
But love not gold for itself aloneG
Gold bringeth gladness and red red wineA
Fill up another O brother o' mine '-
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Every Sabbath since childhood yearsH
Good Brother Green at the service satC
A traveller stern in this vale of tearsI
Breathing his piety into his hatC
Praying for guidance and praying for lightJ
Vowing unworthiness more and moreF
With a nice warm feeling that all was rightJ
With the business of Green's Cash Grocery StoreF
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'Brothers o' mine brothers o' mine '-
Turn not away from thy brother in sinK
Afar let the light of your righteousness shineA
A beacon to gather the wanderer inK
Lovers of wickedness lovers of wineA
All ' said the worshipper 'brothers o' mine '-
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Every Sabbath since childhood's yearsH
Comrade Hal in the tavern satC
A rioter gay in this vale of tearsI
Tilting his glass to the brim of his hatC
Drinking from morn to the fall of nightJ
Vowing good fellowship more and moreF
With a nice warm feeling that all was rightJ
And a curse for the bill at the grocery storeF
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Brothers o' mine brothers o' mineA
Seek ye a pew or a pewter to dayL
Where is the brotherhood vaunted divineA
Here in the tavern or over the wayL
Drink is a snare and a mocker is wineA
But the world Nay forget it O brothers o' mineA
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Monday morn with a soul for workM
Good Brother Green stood rubbing his handsN
Rubbing his hands with an oily smirkM
Seeking the trade a good name commandsN
Came there a widow who pleaded for timeO
For a month for a week Ah what would it meanP
'Sell up her sticks This pretence is a crimeO
And business is business ' quoth good Brother GreenP
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Brothers o' mine brothers o' mineA
Cover your drunkenness cover your spiteJ
Brother in piety brother in wineA
Are we a brotherhood Lord give us lightJ
Lover of cant or the lover of wineA
Which lov'st thou of these brothers o' thineA
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Heavy and dull on the Monday mornQ
Comrade Hal went rubbing his headD
Rubbing his head with an air forlornQ
Seeking the tavern where wine is redD
Passed he a beggar who aid invokedR
'Catch then brother ' he merely criedS
Spinning a coin as he smiled and jokedR
'Now I go thirsty ' the tippler sighedS
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Brothers o' mine brothers o' mineA
Brothers in purple brothers in ragsT
Who can the bonds of your kin defineA
Plead ye beggars and jest ye wagsT
'Nay beggar brother why dost thou whineA
All these good people are brothers o' thine '-

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis



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