Old Town Types No. 7 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDD EFGG HH G CCIBB J CKL| Well I remember him Big Jack Herrington | A |
| Big Jack the lumper tanned and honest eyed | B |
| The clean straight limbs of him | C |
| The strength in those limbs of him | C |
| Strength that was the end of him and once had been his pride | B |
| Big Jack Herrington toiling up the stack | D |
| Hefting up the wheat sacks on his mighty back | D |
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| One year two years he labored when the wheat came | E |
| Three years four years in the grimy heat | F |
| Toiling up the planks there | G |
| The crazy narrow planks there | G |
| Folk said 'A wonder Why there's nothing got him beat ' | - |
| Never had he faltered beneath a heavy bag | H |
| Big Jack the lumper never known to sag | H |
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| For five years for big pay he larbored there | G |
| 'Ten bob a day ' they said 'Jack's the boy to score ' | - |
| And then came the end of him | C |
| A false step and the end of him | C |
| And Big Jack the lumper he toiled no more | I |
| Twisted now and broken his body and his pride | B |
| Big Jack lingered on a cripple till he died | B |
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| Old Jack Herrington sitting in the bar room | J |
| Hoping for a kind friend waiting for a 'shout ' | - |
| Men said 'Remember him ' | - |
| Course I remember him | C |
| Best about the stock yard till his strength gave out | K |
| Booze never beat him till that tumble turned him queer | L |
| Hey Old Jack there Have another beer ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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