Poet J. M. Synge

J. M. Synge

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Danny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDEF GHDH HHIH JKLK BHMH BDND HDHD OHPH KHBH

One night a score of Erris menA
A score I'm told and nineB
Said We'll get shut of Danny's noiseC
Of girls and widows dyin'B
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There's not his like from BinghamstownB
To Boyle and BallycroyD
At playing hell on decent girlsE
At beating man and boyF
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He's left two pairs of female twinsG
Beyond in KillacreestH
And twice in Crossmolina fairD
He's struck the parish priestH
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But we'll come round him in the nightH
A mile beyond the MulletH
Ten will quench his bloody eyesI
And ten will choke his gulletH
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It wasn't long till Danny cameJ
From Bangor making wayK
And he was damning moon and starsL
And whistling grand and gayK
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Till in a gap of hazel glenB
And not a hare in sightH
Out lepped the nine and twenty ladsM
Along his left and rightH
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Then Danny smashed the nose of ByrneB
He split the lips on threeD
And bit across the right hand thumbN
Of one Red Shawn MageeD
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But seven tripped him up behindH
And seven kicked beforeD
And seven squeezed around his throatH
Till Danny kicked no moreD
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Then some destroyed him with their heelsO
Some tramped him in the mudH
Some stole his purse and timber pipeP
And some washed off his bloodH
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And when you're walking out the wayK
From Bangor to BelmulletH
You'll see a flat cross on a stoneB
Where men choked Danny's gulletH

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