The Deadly Dummy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH IJKJI| 'It's the dummy wot done it ' said Bleary Bill | A |
| 'As a child I was out o' luck | B |
| A kid in me pram that's wot I am | C |
| When they gimme the thing to suck | B |
| An' I took to it good for I like the taste | D |
| With never a thought of a life laid waste | D |
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| Then I took to nippin' upon the sly | E |
| Or avin' a suck with a friend | F |
| Tho' a neighbourin' kid warned me 'e did | G |
| It would get me sure in the end | F |
| An' git me it did as you see today | H |
| In a most insidius an' 'orrible way | H |
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| I know as me 'abits is not the best | I |
| An' I know as the beer's a curse | J |
| But don't blame me for me choice weren't free | K |
| An' the blame of it's all on nurse | J |
| So please yer Honor don't make it 'ot | I |
| An' I'll swear off dummies right on the spot ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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