The Black Bordered Letter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGGHIJ KLMLNOJO GGJIJ JPQPJRSR GGJIJ JTDTKUNU GGJIJ| An SO e s dead in London | A |
| An answered to the call | B |
| An trotted through the Long Street | C |
| With earse an plumes an all | B |
| We was village boys an brothers | D |
| We was warm as we could be | E |
| In the milk walk an the fried fish | F |
| Up in London im an me | E |
| We was warm | G |
| We was warm | G |
| As we ad always been | H |
| We never ad a dry word | I |
| Till she come between | J |
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| I lived round Windsor Terrace | K |
| An im across the wye | L |
| An when I sailed a emigrant | M |
| We never said good bye | L |
| He wos better than a brother | N |
| Wot you Bushmen call a mate | O |
| Did he reach the rylwye stytion | J |
| As they told me just too late | O |
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| We was warm | G |
| We was warm | G |
| As pals was ever seen | J |
| We never ad a dry word | I |
| Till she come between | J |
| - | |
| I meant to go back ome again | J |
| I meant to write to night | P |
| I meant to write by every mail | Q |
| But I thought e oughter write | P |
| An now e s left North London | J |
| For a better place perhaps | R |
| She s flauntin in er widder weeds | S |
| With eyes on other chaps | R |
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| We was warm | G |
| We was warm | G |
| As we ad always been | J |
| We never ad a dry word | I |
| Till she come between | J |
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| Oh tongues is bad in wimmin | J |
| When wimmin s tongues is bad | T |
| For they ll part men an brothers | D |
| World oceans wide my lad | T |
| There was seven years between us | K |
| An fifteen thousand mile | U |
| An now there s death an sorrer | N |
| For ever an awhile | U |
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| We was warm | G |
| We was warm | G |
| As two was ever seen | J |
| We never ad a dry word | I |
| Till she come between | J |
Henry Lawson
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