A Warnin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE EBEBFGFG BHBHBIBI AEAEFBFB JGJGEIEI| A'a dear what it is to be big | A |
| To be big i' one's own estimation | B |
| To think if we shake a lawse leg | C |
| 'At th' world feels a tremblin sensation | B |
| To fancy 'at th' nook 'at we fill | D |
| Wod be empty if we worn't in it | E |
| 'At th' universe wheels wod stand still | D |
| If we should neglect things a minnit | E |
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| To be able to tell all we meet | E |
| Just what they should do or leeav undone | B |
| To be crammed full o' wisdom an wit | E |
| Like a college professor throo Lundun | B |
| To show statesmen ther faults an mistaks | F |
| To show whear philosifers blunder | G |
| To prove parsons an doctors all quacks | F |
| An strike men o' science wi' wonder | G |
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| But aw've nooaticed theas varry big men | B |
| 'At strut along th' streets like a bantam | H |
| Nivver do mich 'at meeans owt thersen | B |
| For they're seldom at hand when yo want 'em | H |
| At ther hooam if yo chonce to call in | B |
| Yo may find 'em booath humble an civil | I |
| Wol th' wife tries to draand th' childer's din | B |
| Bi yellin an raisin the devil | I |
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| A'a dear what it is to be big | A |
| But a chap 'at's a fooil needn't show it | E |
| For th' rest o'th' world cares net a fig | A |
| An a thaasand to one doesn't know it | E |
| Consait aw have often heeard say | F |
| Is war for a chap nor consumption | B |
| An aw'll back a plain chap onny day | F |
| To succeed if he's nobbut some gumpshun | B |
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| My advice to young fowk is to try | J |
| To grow honestly better an wiser | G |
| An yo'll find yor reward by an by | J |
| True merit's its own advertiser | G |
| False colors yo'll seldom find fast | E |
| An a mak believe is but a bubble | I |
| It's sure to get brussen at last | E |
| An contempt's all yo'll get for yor trouble | I |
John Hartley
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