The Little People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHAH EIE BJKJLMJM FNONAPQP RSASTFFF| 'Twas a long bush night and the old hut light | A |
| Shone out thro' the open door | B |
| To flood the knees of the great bush trees | C |
| And the scrub that grew before | B |
| And as I dreamed where the firelight gleamed | D |
| And watched the long hours lag | E |
| Came there to my shack Kilkenny Jack | F |
| With his fiddle in its green baize bag | E |
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| So I bade him sit and rest a bit | G |
| And we yarned of this and that | H |
| Pipes well alight we watched the night | A |
| As he on his old swag sat | H |
| 'Lonesome indade this life we lade ' | - |
| Said he 'Why let time drag | E |
| For me an' you ' And he stooped and drew | I |
| His fiddle from its green baize bag | E |
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| Then the scrub before the old hut door | B |
| Was people suddenly | J |
| With elfin' folk who rose and spoke | K |
| Strange mystic things to me | J |
| Then into the glare from the bracken there | L |
| The Little People crept | M |
| And suddenly by fern and tree | J |
| The fairies danced and leapt | M |
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| Kilkenny Jack he leant him back | F |
| And his bow went to and fro | N |
| And there outside the banshees cried | O |
| In mournful tones and low | N |
| And where the light stabbed thro' the night | A |
| To cast dark shades about | P |
| In many a place I saw the face | Q |
| Of a leprechaun peep out | P |
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| Then the music stopped and Jack he dropped | R |
| His fiddle and was done | S |
| And into the night in sudden fright | A |
| I saw the small folk run | S |
| Then off he went his small form bent | T |
| 'Neath his old familiar swag | F |
| Upon his back Kilkenny Jack | F |
| With his fiddle in its green baize bag | F |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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