The Convict Of Clonmala Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHBJBABB GBKEFE LBFBFEBE| How hard is my fortune | A |
| And vain my repining | B |
| The strong rope of fate | C |
| For this young neck is twining | B |
| My strength is departed | D |
| My cheek sunk and sallow | E |
| While I languish in chains | F |
| In the gaol of Clonmala | E |
| - | |
| No boy in the village | G |
| Was ever yet milder | H |
| I'd play with a child | I |
| And my sport would be wilder | H |
| I'd dance without tiring | B |
| From morning till even | J |
| And the goal ball I'd strike | B |
| To the lightning of heaven | A |
| At my bed foot decaying | B |
| My hurl ball is lying | B |
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| Through the boys of the village | G |
| My goal ball is flying | B |
| My horse 'mong the neighbors | K |
| Neglected may fallow | E |
| While I pine in my chains | F |
| In the gaol of Clonmala | E |
| - | |
| Next Sunday the pattern | L |
| At home will be keeping | B |
| And the young active hurlers | F |
| The field will be sweeping | B |
| With the dance of fair maidens | F |
| The evening they'll hallow | E |
| While this heart once so gay | B |
| Shall be cold in Clonmala | E |
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan
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