Bite Bigger. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFDFDBGBHDIDI IJIJKDDDDEDEDDDDBDBD LJLD JIJIDBDBIMIMNONO| As aw hurried throo th' taan to mi wark | A |
| Aw wur lat for all th' whistles had gooan | B |
| Aw happen'd to hear a remark | C |
| At ud fotch tears throo th' heart ov a stooan | B |
| It wur raanin an snawin an cowd | D |
| An th' flagstoans wur covered wi muck | E |
| An th' east wind booath whistled an howl'd | D |
| It saanded like nowt but ill luck | E |
| When two little lads donn'd i' rags | F |
| Baght stockins or shoes o' ther feet | D |
| Coom trapesin away ower th' flags | F |
| Booath on em sodden'd wi th' weet | D |
| Th' owdest mud happen be ten | B |
| Th' young en be hauf on't noa moor | G |
| As aw luk'd on aw sed to misen | B |
| God help fowk this weather at's poor | H |
| Th' big en sam'd summat off th' graand | D |
| An aw luk'd just to see what 't could be | I |
| 'Twur a few wizend flaars he'd faand | D |
| An they seem'd to ha fill'd him wi glee | I |
| An he sed Come on Billy may be | I |
| We shall find summat else by an by | J |
| An if net tha mun share thease wi me | I |
| When we get to some spot where its dry | J |
| Leet hearted they trotted away | K |
| An aw follow'd coss 'twur i' mi rooad | D |
| But aw thowt awd ne'er seen sich a day | D |
| It worn't fit ta be aght for a tooad | D |
| Sooin th' big en agean slipt away | D |
| An sam'd summat else aght o'th' muck | E |
| An he cried aght Luk here Bill to day | D |
| Arn't we blest wi' a seet o' gooid luck | E |
| Here's a apple an th' mooast on it's saand | D |
| What's rotten aw'll throw into th' street | D |
| Worn't it gooid to ligg thear to be faand | D |
| Nah booath on us con have a treat | D |
| Soa he wiped it an rubb'd it an then | B |
| Sed Billy thee bite off a bit | D |
| If tha hasn't been lucky thisen | B |
| Tha shall share wi me sich as aw get | D |
| Soa th' little en bate off a touch | L |
| T'other's face beemed wi pleasur all throo | J |
| An' he sed Nay tha hasn't taen much | L |
| Bite agean an bite bigger nah do | D |
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| Aw waited to hear nowt noa moor | J |
| Thinks aw thear's a lesson for me | I |
| Tha's a heart i' thi breast if tha'rt poor | J |
| Th' world wur richer wi' moor sich as thee | I |
| Tuppince wur all th' brass aw had | D |
| An awd ment it for ale when coom nooin | B |
| But aw thowt aw'll goa give it yond lad | D |
| He desarves it for what he's been dooin | B |
| Soa aw sed Lad here's tuppince for thee | I |
| For thi sen an they stared like two geese | M |
| But he sed woll th' tear stood in his e'e | I |
| Nay it'll just be a penny a piece | M |
| God bless thi do just as tha will | N |
| An may better days speedily come | O |
| Tho clam'd an hauf donn'd mi lad still | N |
| Tha'rt a deal nearer Heaven nur some | O |
John Hartley
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