Breaking It Gently Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EAEAAFAF AGAGHIHI JKJKLILI KFKFMNON| ALL WAS UP with Richard Tanner | A |
| Wait a Bit we called him Dead | B |
| Yes The braceman dropped a spanner | A |
| Landed Richard on the head | B |
| Cracked his skull sir like a teacup | C |
| Down the pump shaft in the well | D |
| Braceman hadn t time to speak up | C |
| Tanner never knew what fell | D |
| - | |
| Tell the widow Who d go through it | E |
| No one on the shift would stir | A |
| But Pat Ryan said he d do it | E |
| Nately break the news to her | A |
| Pat s a splitter and a kinder | A |
| Heart I never wish to know | F |
| Stephens told him where to find her | A |
| Begged him gently deal the blow | F |
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| In a very solemn manner | A |
| Ryan met the dead man s wife | G |
| Mornin to yez Widdy Tanner | A |
| Says he gravely Such is life | G |
| I m no widow says she prying | H |
| For the joke in Ryan s eye | I |
| Scuse me mum says Paddy sighing | H |
| Scuse me mum but that s a lie | I |
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| That remark would be repented | J |
| If Dick Tanner heard says she | K |
| Meanin mum the late lamented | J |
| Party av that name says he | K |
| Still the widow missed the notion | L |
| Wonder only filled her eye | I |
| So Pat smothered his emotion | L |
| Gulped and had another try | I |
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| Tis like this ye see me honey | K |
| I ve been sint t let ye know | F |
| Ye ve inherited some money | K |
| Twilve r fifteen pounds r so | F |
| Through a schame av Providence s | M |
| Which no mortal man could dodge | N |
| Poor Dick s funeral expenses | O |
| Have fell due mum at the lodge | N |
Edward George Dyson
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