The Demon Milk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDDFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNDD OPOPQR DSDSS| 'Yer honor please ' the prisoner said | A |
| 'It isn't wot you think | B |
| To look on wine when it is red | A |
| Or alco'olic drink | B |
| Is not among me little ways | C |
| I been teetotal all me days | C |
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| It ain't the wine it ain't the beer | D |
| It ain't the gin an' two | E |
| That bows me 'ead in sorrer 'ere | D |
| 'Tain't no fermented brew | D |
| That druv me on to sin an' strife | F |
| Hark 'Ere's the story of me life | F |
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| When I was just a little kid | G |
| I was a model child | H |
| Wot I was tole to do I did | G |
| Reel innercint an' mild | H |
| But bein' wise an' unlike some | I |
| At one year old I 'owled for rum | I |
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| Me nurse wot was a strict t t | J |
| Aimed my young soul to bilk | K |
| An' every day she flooded me | J |
| Wiv quarts an' quarts of milk | K |
| Oh 'ow the stuff coursed thro' each vein | L |
| An' set on fire me tiny brain | L |
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| At five as well may be believed | M |
| I was a little tough | N |
| For by that then I 'ad conceived | M |
| A cravin' for the stuff | N |
| I swiped it from each neighbor's door | D |
| An' roamed the district seekin' more | D |
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| The cravin' sir it got me down | O |
| When I grew to a man | P |
| I raided dairies thro' the town | O |
| Pinched bottle billy can | P |
| An' never could resist no'ow | Q |
| The fascination of a cow | R |
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| It ain't the rum it ain't the beer | D |
| Oh 'ow I wish it was | S |
| That brings me ignominy 'ere | D |
| 'Ave pity sir becos | S |
| It was the demon milk I vows | S |
| That made me pinch that 'erd of cows ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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