A New Year's Gift. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBBB BBBBCDCD EFGFDHDH IBBBJGJG| A little lad bare wor his feet | A |
| His 'een wor swell'd an red | B |
| Wor sleepin one wild New Year's neet | A |
| A cold doorstep his bed | B |
| His little curls wor drippin weet | B |
| His clooas wor thin an old | B |
| His face tho' pinched wor smilin sweet | B |
| His limbs wor numb wi' cold | B |
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| Th' wind whistled throo th' deserted street | B |
| An snowflakes whirled abaat | B |
| It wor a sorry sooart o' neet | B |
| For poor souls to be aght | B |
| 'Twor varry dark noa stars or mooin | C |
| Could shine throo sich a storm | D |
| Unless some succour turns up sooin | C |
| God help that freezin form | D |
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| A carriage stops at th' varry haase | E |
| A sarvent oppens th' door | F |
| A lady wi' a pale sad face | G |
| Steps aght o'th' cooach to th' floor | F |
| Her 'een fell on that huddled form | D |
| Shoo gives a startled cry | H |
| Then has him carried aght o'th' storm | D |
| To whear its warm an dry | H |
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| Shoo tended him wi' jewelled hands | I |
| An monny a tear shoo shed | B |
| For shoo'd once had a darlin lad | B |
| But he alas wor dead | B |
| This little waif seemed sent to cheer | J |
| An fill her darlin's place | G |
| An to her heart shoo prest him near | J |
| An kissed his little face | G |
John Hartley
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