Over The Fence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDEE BBDD BBAA DDFFGGHI BBI JKBB DDDD LLMM NNDD KKBB OOPO BB DDDD| 'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool | A |
| An' I ain't lookin' round for bricks to 'eave at ole man Poole | A |
| But when 'e gets disputin' 'e's inclined to lose 'is 'ead | B |
| It ain't so much 'is choice uv words as 'ow the words is said | B |
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| 'E's sich a coot for takin' sides as I sez to Doreen | C |
| Sez she ''Ow can 'e by 'imself ' Wotever that may mean | C |
| My wife sez little things sometimes that nearly git me riled | B |
| I knoo she meant more than she said be that soft way she smiled | B |
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| Today when I was 'arrowin' Poole come down to the fence | D |
| To get the loan uv my long spade an' uses that pretence | D |
| To 'ave a bit uv friendly talk an' one word leads to more | E |
| As is the way with ole man Poole as I've remarked before | E |
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| The spade reminds 'im 'ow 'e done some diggin' in 'is day | B |
| An' diggin' brings the talk to earth an' earth leads on to clay | B |
| Then clay quite natural reminds a thinkin' bloke uv bricks | D |
| An' mortar brings up mud an' then uv course it's politics | D |
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| Now Poole sticks be 'is Party an' I don't deny 'is right | B |
| But when he starts abusin' mine 'e's lookin' for a fight | B |
| So I delivers good 'ome truths about 'is crowd then Poole | A |
| Wags 'is ole beard across the fence an' tells me I'm a fool | A |
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| Now that's the dizzy limit so I lays aside the reins | D |
| An' starts to prove 'e's storin' mud where most blokes keeps their brains | D |
| 'E decorates 'is answers an' we're goin' it ding dong | F |
| When this returned bloke Digger Smith comes sauntering along | F |
| Poole's gripped the fence as though 'e means to tear the rails in two | G |
| An' eyes my waggin' finger like 'e wants to 'ave a chew | G |
| Then Digger Smith 'e grins at Poole an' then 'e looks at me | H |
| An' sez quite soft an' friendly like 'Winnin' the war ' sez 'e | I |
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| Now Poole deserves it an' I'm pleased the lad give 'im that jolt | B |
| 'E goes fair mad in argument when once 'e gets a holt | B |
| 'Yeh make me sad ' sez Digger Smith 'the both uv you ' sez 'e | I |
| 'The both uv us Gawstruth ' sez I 'You ain't includin' me ' | - |
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| 'Well it takes two to make a row ' sez little Digger Smith | J |
| 'A bloke can't argue 'less 'e 'as a bloke to argue with | K |
| I've come 'ome from a dinkum scap to find this land uv light | B |
| Is chasin' its own tail around an' callin' it a fight | B |
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| 'We've seen a thing or two us blokes 'oo've fought on many fronts | D |
| An' we've 'ad time to think a bit between the fightin' stunts | D |
| We've seen big things an' thought big things an' all the silly fuss | D |
| That used to get us rattled once seems very small to us | D |
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| 'An' when a bloke's fought for a land an' gets laid on the shelf | L |
| It pains 'im to come 'ome and find it scrappin' with itself | L |
| An' scrappin' all for nothin' or for things that look so small | M |
| To us 'oo've been in bigger things they don't seem reel at all | M |
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| 'P'r'aps we 'ave some skite knocked out an' p'r'aps we see more clear | N |
| But seems to us there's plenty cleanin' up to do round 'ere | N |
| We've learnt a little thing or two an' we 'ave unlearnt 'eaps | D |
| An' silly partisans with us is counted out for keeps | D |
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| 'This takin' sides jist for the sake uv takin' sides Aw 'Struth | K |
| I used to do them things one time back in me foolish youth | K |
| Out There when I remembered things I've kicked meself reel good | B |
| In football days I barracked once red 'ot for Collin'wood | B |
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| 'I didn't want to see a game nor see no justice done | O |
| It never mattered wot occurred as long as my side won | O |
| The other side was narks an' cows an' rotters to a man | P |
| But mine was all reel bonzer chaps I was a partisan | O |
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| 'It might sound like swelled 'ead ' sez Smith 'But show me if you can ' | - |
| ''Old 'ard ' sez Poole 'Jist tell me this wot is a partisan ' | - |
| Then Digger Smith starts to ixplain Poole interrupts straight out | B |
| An' I wades in to give my views an' 'as to nearly shout | B |
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| We battles on for one good hour My team sleeps where it stands | D |
| An' Poole 'as tossed the spade away to talk with both 'is 'ands | D |
| An' Smith 'as dropped the maul 'e 'ad Then I looks round to see | D |
| Doreen quite close She smiles at us 'Winnin' the war ' sez she | D |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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