Dad On The Test Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GHH I JJKKLLAA| I reckon said Dad that the country's pests | A |
| Is this here wireless an' these here Tests | A |
| Up to the house and around the door | B |
| Stretchin' their ears for to catch the score | B |
| Leavin' the horses down in the crop | C |
| Can you wonder that a farmer goes off pop | C |
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| I'm yellin' at Jim or I'm cursin' at Joe | D |
| All hours of the day but it ain't no go | D |
| Leavin' their work and hangin' around | E |
| When they think I'm down at the fallow ground | E |
| Sneaking away when I start to rouse | F |
| An' as soon as me back's turned back to the house | F |
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| 'Who got Wyatt Is Sutcliffe out ' | - |
| Wot do they care if I rave an' shout | G |
| Bribin' young Bill for to leave his job | H |
| To twiddle the switches an' twist the knob | H |
| 'Has he made his century Who's in now ' | - |
| And I bought that machine for the price of a cow | I |
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| There's a standin' crop an' the rain's not far | J |
| An' the price is rotten but there you are | J |
| As soon as these cricketin' games begin | K |
| The farm goes dilly on listenin' in | K |
| Not only the boys an' the harvester crew | L |
| But Mum an' the girls gits dotty too | L |
| An' I reckon says Dad that a man's worst pests | A |
| Is this here wireless and these here Tests | A |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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