Disapointment. (prose) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B| Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall net be disappointed | A |
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| Aw once knew a chap they called old Sammy he used ta gaa wi a donkey an th' mooast remarkable things abaat him wor his clogs an' his rags Sammy had niver been wed tho' he war fifty years old but it wor allus believed he'd managed ta save a bit a' brass One day he war gain up Hepenstull Bunk Jenny o' Jooans a' th' Long Lover wor goin up befoor him an' whether it wor at her clogs were made a' his favrite pattern or her ancles had summat abaat 'em different to what he'd iver seen befoor aw cannot tell but it seems a feelin coom ovver him all at once sich as he'd niver had befoor an' when he'd managed ta overtak her he sed It's loaning for heeat aw think Jenny Eea aw think its likely for bein wut shoo sed Awve just been thinkin sed Sammy at if I wornt na a single old chap aw shouldn't have to trail up an' daan in a lot a' rags like thease for awm sure this jacket has hardly strength to hing o' mi rig an' mi britches are soa full o' hoils wol awm feeared sometimes when awm puttin em on at awst tummel throo an braik my neck Well reight enuff a woife's varry useful at times shoo sed but as tha hasn't one if tha'll learn mi thi jacket aw'll see if it cannot be mended far thi a bit Aw allus thowt tha war a gooid sooart Jenny an' awl tak thi at thi word he sed so he pool'd off his coit an gave it her an' it were arranged 'at he should call for it next neet You may bet yor life he didn't forget an when he saw it mended up an' brushed wol it luk'd ommost as gooid as new he luk'd first at it an then at her an at last he sed Aw think we should be able to get on varry weel together what says ta Aw dooant know what shoo sed but it wornt long befoor they wor wed for Sammy thowt shoo'd be worth her mait if it wor nobbut for mendin up his old duds They hadn't been wed long when he axed her to mend his britches A'a shoo sed Aw cannot mend em aw niver could sew i' mi life Why that is a tale he sed tha mended mi jacket all reight Nay indeed aw nawther Aw mended nooon on it Aw sent it to th' tailor an paid for it doin Then awm dropt on sed Sammy for aw expected tha'd be able to do all sich like wark Tha should niver expect owt an' then tha willnt get dropt on shoo sed That wor a bit o' varry gooid advice | B |
John Hartley
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