The Romance Of Patrolman Casey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCB DEFEGE CADAHA IJKJLJ FEMENE GO P O QO| There was a young patrolman who | A |
| Had large but tender feet | B |
| They always hurt him badly when | C |
| He walked upon his beat | B |
| He always took them with him when | C |
| He walked upon his beat | B |
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| His name was Patrick Casey and | D |
| A sweetheart fair had he | E |
| Her face was full of freckles but | F |
| Her name was Kate McGee | E |
| It was in spite of freckles that | G |
| Her name was Kate McGee | E |
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| Oh Pat she said I'll wed you when | C |
| Promotion comes to you | A |
| I'm much obliged he answered and | D |
| I'll see what I can do | A |
| I may remark he said it thus | H |
| Oi'll say phwat Oi kin do | A |
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| So then he bought some new shoes which | I |
| Allowed his feet more ease | J |
| They may have been large twelves Perhaps | K |
| Eighteens or twenty threes | J |
| That's rather large for shoes I think | L |
| Eighteens or twenty threes | J |
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| What last they were I don't know but | F |
| Somehow it seems to me | E |
| I've heard somewhere they either were | M |
| A B C D or E | E |
| More likely they were five lasts wide | N |
| A B plus C D E | E |
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| They were the stoutest cowhide that | G |
| Could be peeled off a cow | O |
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| But he was not promoted | P |
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| So | - |
| Kate wed him anyhow | O |
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| This world is crowded full of Kates | Q |
| That wed them anyhow | O |
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Ellis Parker Butler
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