Shadows On The Floor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFF GGHHIIBB JJKKLLMM| Saturday night Saturday night | A |
| The hope that lingered has taken to flight | A |
| From morning till evening the weary week through | B |
| In vain has he battled for something to do | B |
| Poor man emptyhanded how can he return | C |
| To those whose fate hangs on the pence he may earn | C |
| How can he reply to his questioner sweet | D |
| Did Papa bring Papa's girl somethin' to eat | D |
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| Out of employ out of employ | E |
| Distress in the cottage where once there was joy | E |
| How frightful the shadows that fall on the floor | F |
| When Want and Starvation appear at the door | F |
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| Wasting away Wasting away | G |
| His poor wife grows paler each sorrowful day | G |
| Yet suffers in silence and never complains | H |
| Reserving for others the crust that remains | H |
| His fearful forebodings he seeks to disguise | I |
| But now the child's prattle brings tears to his eyes | I |
| If Ma doze to Heaven den I mus' do too | B |
| But Pa I'll frow down bread and butter for you | B |
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| Struggling for life Struggling for life | J |
| In spite of his courage bourne down in the strife | J |
| Had not he the wife and the baby to save | K |
| How willingly would be he down in the grave | K |
| Reflections more later creep into his mind | L |
| The promise is false If ye seek ye shall find | L |
| What was it his dear little innocent said | M |
| Does Dod fordits us when He takes daily bread | M |
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