Half A Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGG HAHAI JKJKAA HLHLMM HAHANN OAOAAA PQPQRR AAAAJ RRRRHS AAAATT AUA RR MG GVV A AJG| 'I wash me 'ands uv 'im ' I tells 'em straight | A |
| 'You women can do wot yeh dash well like | B |
| I leave this 'arf a man to 'is own fate | A |
| I've done me bit an' now I'm gone on strike | B |
| Do wot yeh please but don't arsk 'elp from me | C |
| 'E's give me nerves so now I'll let 'im be ' | D |
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| Doreen an' ole Mar Flood 'as got a scheme | E |
| They've been conspirin' for a week or more | F |
| About this Digger Smith an' now they dream | E |
| They've got 'is fucher waitin' in cold store | F |
| To 'and 'im out an' fix 'im up for life | G |
| But they've got Buckley's as I tells me wife | G |
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| I've seen them whisperin' up in our room | H |
| Now they wants me to join in the debate | A |
| But 'Nix ' I tells 'em 'I ain't in the boom | H |
| An' Digger Smith ain't risin' to me bait | A |
| 'E's fur too fly a fish for me to catch | I |
| An' two designin' women ain't 'is match ' | - |
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| I puts me foot down firm an' tells 'em No | J |
| Their silly plan's a thing I wouldn't touch | K |
| An' then me wife for 'arf an hour or so | J |
| Talks to me confident of nothin' much | K |
| Then 'fore I know it I am all red 'ot | A |
| Into the scheme an' leader uv the plot | A |
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| 'Twas Mar Flood starts it She got 'old uv 'im | H |
| You know the way they 'ave with poor weak men | L |
| She drops a tear or two concernin' Jim | H |
| Tells 'im wot women 'ave to bear an' then | L |
| She got 'im talkin' like a woman can | M |
| 'E never would 'ave squeaked to any man | M |
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| She leads 'im on It's crook the way they scheme | H |
| To talk about this girl 'e's let be'ind | A |
| Not that she's pryin' Why she wouldn't dream | H |
| But speakin' uv it might jist ease 'is mind | A |
| Then 'fore 'e knows 'e's told to 'is surprise | N |
| Name an' address an' colour uv 'er eyes | N |
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| An' then she's off 'ere plottin' with Doreen | O |
| Bustin' a confidence I tells 'em flat | A |
| But all me roustin' leaves 'em both serene | O |
| Women don't see a little thing like that | A |
| An' I ain't cooled off yet before they've got | A |
| Me workin' for 'em in this crooked plot | A |
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| Nex' day Mar Flood she takes 'er Sunday dress | P |
| An' 'er best bonnet up to town | Q |
| 'Er game's to see the girl at this address | P |
| An' word 'er in regard to comin' down | Q |
| To take Smith be su'prise My part's to fix | R |
| A meetin' so there won't be any mix | R |
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| I tips that girl won't 'esitate | A |
| She don't She comes right back with Mar nex' day | A |
| All uv a fluster When I see 'er state | A |
| I thinks I'd best see Digger straight away | A |
| 'Cos if I don't 'e's bound to 'ear the row | J |
| With 'er 'Where is 'e Can't I see 'im now ' | - |
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| I finds 'im in the paddick down at Flood's | R |
| I 'ums an' 'ars a bit about the crops | R |
| 'E don't say nothin' goes on baggin' spuds | R |
| ''Ow would yeh like ' I sez to 'im an' stops | R |
| ''Ow would it be' 'E stands an' looks at me | H |
| 'Now wot the 'Ell's got into you ' sez 'e | S |
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| That don't restore me confidence a bit | A |
| The drarmer isn't goin' as I tipped | A |
| I corfs an' makes another shot at it | A |
| While 'e looks at me like 'e thinks I'm dipped | A |
| 'Well jist suppose ' I sez an' then I turn | T |
| An' see 'er standin' there among the fern | T |
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| She don't want no prelimin'ries this tart | A |
| She's broke away before they rung the bell | U |
| She's beat the gun an' got a flyin' start | A |
| Smith makes a funny noise an' I sez ''Ell ' | - |
| Because I tumbles that I'm out uv place | R |
| But as I went I caught sight uv 'er face | R |
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| That's all I want to know An' as I ran | M |
| I 'ear's her cry 'My man Man an' a 'arf | G |
| Don't fool me with yer talk uv 'arf a man ' | - |
| An' then I 'ear ole Digger start to larf | G |
| It was a funny larf so 'elp me bob | V |
| Fair in the middle uv it come a sob | V |
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| I don't see Digger till the other night | A |
| 'Well 'Arf a man ' I sez ''Ow goes it now ' | - |
| 'Yes 'arf a man ' sez 'e 'Yeh got it right | A |
| I can't change that alone not any'ow | J |
| But she is mendin' things ' 'E starts to larf | G |
| 'Some day ' 'e sez 'she'll be the better 'arf ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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