Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEF GHGHII JEJEKK LELEM FNFNEE OEOEFP QRQRE EFEFSS TJT E TF FT ETETF FUFULL EGEGEE VGVGFF WEW J GV T XFXFYY VEVVEE V VVEE VWVWZ A2 B2'Ah wot's the use ' she sez 'Lea' me alone | A |
Why can't I go to 'ell in my own way | B |
I never arst you 'ere to mag an' moan | A |
Nor yet ' she sez 'to pray | B |
I'll take wot's comin' an' whine no excuse | C |
So wot's the use | C |
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'Me life's me own ' she sez 'You got a nerve | D |
You two to interfere in my affairs | E |
Git out an' give advise where it may serve | D |
Stay 'ome an' bleat yer pray'rs | E |
Did I come pleadin' for yer pity No | F |
Well why not go ' | - |
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Pride Dilly pride an' down an' out despair | G |
When them two meet there's somethin' got to break | H |
I got that way to see 'er sittin' there | G |
I felt like I could take | H |
That 'arf starved frame uv 'er's by might an' main | I |
An' shake 'er sane | I |
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That's 'ow it is when me an' parson roam | J |
Down to the paradise wot Spadgers knows | E |
To find the 'ovel that she calls 'er 'ome | J |
An' 'ave a word with Rose | E |
Imgagin' 'igh strung cliners in dispute | K |
Ain't my long suit | K |
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'Huh Rescue work ' she sneers 'Er eyes is bright | L |
'Er voice is 'ard 'I'm a deservin' case | E |
Me Fancy Don't I look a pretty sight | L |
To come to savin' grace | E |
Pity the sinner Aw don't come that trick | M |
It makes me sick ' | - |
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'Isterical she was or nearly so | F |
Too little grub an' too much time to fret | N |
Ingrowin' grouch sich as few women know | F |
Or want to know an' yet | N |
When I glance at the parson there I see | E |
Raw misery | E |
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I've knowed ole Snowy since the days uv old | O |
Yet never 'ad I got so close to see | E |
A world wise man 'oo's 'cart is all pure gold | O |
An' 'uman charity | E |
For all that girl was suff'rln' well I knoo | F |
'E suffered too | P |
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'My child ' 'e sez 'I don't come 'ere to preach | Q |
You're a good girl an' when ' 'Oo sez I ain't | R |
'Oo sez I ain't ' 'Er voice is near a screech | Q |
'I'm no hymn singin' saint | R |
But you're a bit too previous givin' me | E |
This third degree ' | - |
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An' then she starts to laugh I'd 'ate to see | E |
A woman laugh or look like that again | F |
She's in the dinkum 'igh strikes now to me | E |
That's showin' pretty plain | F |
She's like a torchered thing 'arf crazy wild | S |
'Take thort my child | S |
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'Take thort ' the parson sez 'I only ask | T |
Before you risk all for a life uv crime | J |
You'll 'esitate Is that too 'ard to task | T |
May there not come a time ' | - |
'Time Yes ' I chips 'You'll git that fer yer pains | E |
Ar brush yer brains ' | - |
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The parson sighs 'This man ' 'E sez 'this Wegg | T |
'Oo dazzles you with tork uv gains frum sin | F |
Is 'e dependable Think well I beg ' | - |
'Beg nothin' ' I chips in | F |
'To beg decoy ducks ain't the proper tack | T |
She wants a smack ' | - |
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The parson groans 'I've offered you ' 'e starts | E |
'Offer 'er nothin' Can't you pick 'er like | T |
No dinkum 'elp is any good to tarts | E |
' o'd fall fer sich as Spike | T |
She's short uv grit to battle on 'er own | F |
An' stand alone ' | - |
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That done it If I'd let the parson gone | F |
An' come the mild an' gentle sure enough | U |
She'd 'ad the willies When the dames take on | F |
The game's to treat 'em rough | U |
That's wot I've 'card It woke Rose up all right | L |
An' full uv fight | L |
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'Alone ' she sez 'I've stood alone Gawd knows | E |
Alone an' honest battlin' on the square | G |
An' now Oh damn your charity I've chose | E |
I'm down an' I don't care | G |
I'm fer the easy life an' pretty clo'es | E |
That's that ' sez Rose | E |
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The cause looks blue Wot more was to be said | V |
An' then all on me own I weaves right there | G |
The bright idear wot after bowed me 'ead | V |
In sorrer an' despair | G |
I didn't ort to be let out alone | F |
That much I own | F |
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'Ah well ' I sez resigned 'if that's the life | W |
It's no use sayin' wot I come to say | E |
Which was ' I sez 'a message frum me wife | W |
Arstin' you 'ome to stay ' | - |
'Your wife ' I nods 'If you 'ad cared to come ' | - |
She seems struck dumb | J |
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'Your wife ' she sez 'Wot does she know uv me ' | - |
Then pride an' 'er suspicions makes 'er flare | G |
'Is this more pretty schemes fer charity | V |
Why should she arst me there ' | - |
'Why Well you ort to know ' I answer quick | T |
'Account uv Mick ' | - |
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Down on 'er folded arms 'er 'ead went flop | X |
At larst our 'oly cause is won I know | F |
She sobbed until I thort she'd never stop | X |
It 'urt to see 'er so | F |
Yet I felt glad the way I'd worked me nob | Y |
An' let 'er sob | Y |
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'That's tore it ' I remarks be'ind me 'and | V |
The parson nods 'E's smilin' now all gay | E |
Ten minutes later an' the 'ole thing's planned | V |
Fer Rose's 'oliday | V |
We put the acid on an' scold an' tease | E |
Till she agrees | E |
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Once we're outside the parson takes me 'and | V |
'Without your 'elp your wit we would 'ave failed ' | - |
'Aw easy work ' I answer feelin' grand | V |
Like some ole knight tin mailed | V |
Then sudden like a load uv punchered tyres | E |
Me pride ixpires | E |
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'Young friend ' 'e starts 'No not too young but old | V |
Old with the cares ' I sez 'uv fambly life | W |
This might 'ave been dead right when knights was bold | V |
But wot about me wife | W |
She don't know nothin' I 'ave done me dash | Z |
Through actin' rash ' | - |
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'A trifle ' sez 'is rev'rince 'Tut ' sez 'e | A2 |
'I'll promise you fair sailin' with Doreen ' | - |
''Tain't that so much ' I sez 'wot troubles me ' | - |
'Trouble Wot you mean ' | - |
I grins at 'im 'Me conscience ' I reply | B2 |
'I've tole a lie ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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