A Derry On A Cove Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD AABB EEFF| Twas in the felon s dock he stood his eyes were black and blue | A |
| His voice with grief was broken and his nose was broken too | A |
| He muttered as that broken nose he wiped upon his cap | B |
| It s orfal when the p leece has got a derry on a chap | B |
| I am a honest workin cove as any bloke can see | C |
| It s just because the p leece has got a derry sir on me | C |
| Oh yes the legal gents can grin I say it ain t no joke | D |
| It s cruel when the p leece has got a derry on a bloke | D |
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| Why don t you go to work he said he muttered Why don t you | A |
| Yer honer knows as well as me there ain t no work to do | A |
| And when I try to find a job I m shaddered by a trap | B |
| It s awful when the p leece has got a derry on a chap | B |
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| I sigh d and shed a tearlet for that noble nature marred | E |
| But ah the Bench was rough on him and gave him six months hard | E |
| He only said Beyond the grave you ll cop it hot by Jove | F |
| There ain t no angel p leece to get a derry on a cove | F |
Henry Lawson
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