Out Uv "politicks." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC A DDEF A GHII D DDCC D J K D LMI| I | A |
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| I'll tell yer what said Uncle Zeke down at the country store | B |
| I'd been a farmer all my life fur twenty year or more | B |
| Until one day my noddle here it got plumb out o' fix | C |
| Er swellin' with the idy that I's made fur politicks | C |
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| II | A |
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| I'd been ter hear them fellers speak an' rip an' rant an' rave | D |
| When 'lection time's er comin' on who tell yer how ter save | D |
| Ther kentry frum tarnation ruin by sendin' only men | E |
| That's fit ter draw ther salaries an' honest jest like them | F |
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| III | A |
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| So listen boys yer'll profit by ther story that I tell | G |
| I left ther farm ter 'lectioneer an' run fur constable | H |
| I wouldn't hearken ter my wife she said I'd lost my wit | I |
| An' as fur holdin' offices she knowed I wusn't fit | I |
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| IV | D |
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| But ennyhow I sold er steer an' then er heifer calf | D |
| An' bought er bran' new suit o' clothes fur twenty an' er half | D |
| An' 'fore ther 'lection day cum roun' I'd sold my wheat an' oats | C |
| An' spent ther proceeds that I got in purchasin' uv votes | C |
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| V | D |
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| I knowed 'twus wrong agin ther law ter do er thing like that | J |
| But then ther boys all said yer know 'twould take er little 'fat ' | - |
| Fur ther feller that I run agin could have no earthly hope | K |
| Uv beatin' me if I'd use ther right amount uv 'soap ' | - |
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| VI | D |
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| I jocks I did I won ther fight I sarved er single term | L |
| But fur ther salary that I got I wouldn't give er durn | M |
| An' right up here I wear ther scar that shows whar I wus hit | I |
| Ther day I rid fur forty miles ter sarve that cussed 'writ ' | - |
George W. Doneghy
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