Cuckoo! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK MNMO PPPP OQOQ| Cuckoo Cuckoo Just a word i' thi ear | A |
| Aw hooap we shall net disagree | B |
| But aw'm foorced to admit as aw watch thi each year | C |
| At tha seems a big humbug to me | B |
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| We know at tha brings us glad tidins ov Spring | D |
| An for that art entitled to thanks | E |
| But tha maks a poor fist when tha offers to sing | D |
| An tha plays some detestable pranks | E |
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| Too lazy to build a snug hooam for thisel | F |
| Tha lives but a poor vagrant life | G |
| An thi mate is noa better aw'm sooary to tell | F |
| Shoo's unfit to be onny burd's wife | G |
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| Shoo drops her egg into another burd's nest | H |
| An shirks what's her duty to do | I |
| Noa love for her offspring e'er trubbles the breast | H |
| Ov this selfish hard hearted Cuckoo | I |
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| Some other poor burd mun attend to her young | J |
| An work hard to find 'em wi' grubs | K |
| An all her reward is to find befooar long | L |
| At her foster child treeats her wi' snubs | K |
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| Tha lives throo all th' sunshine but th' furst chilly wind | M |
| 'At ruffles thi feathers a bit | N |
| Yo gather together an all i' one mind | M |
| Turn yor tails fly away an forget | O |
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| Ther's some men just like yo soa selfish an base | P |
| They dooant care what comes or what gooas | P |
| If they can just manage to live at ther ease | P |
| Ait an drink an be donn'd i' line clooas | P |
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| Cuckoo thar't a type ov a lot at aw've met | O |
| Aw'm nooan sooary when th' time comes to Part | Q |
| An i' spite ov all th' poets 'at's lauded thi yet | O |
| Tha'rt a humbug That's just what tha art | Q |
John Hartley
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