Heart Brokken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDED FGHGIGJG KGLGMGNG GOHOPAHA QRSRRETE UOEOVWHW XOXOORYR WRZRGWWW HWWWOCA2C WGB2GCC2ZD2| He wor a poor hard workin lad | A |
| An shoo a workin lass | B |
| An hard they tew'd throo day to day | C |
| For varry little brass | B |
| An oft they tawk'd o'th' weddin day | C |
| An lang'd for th' happy time | D |
| When poverty noa moor should part | E |
| Two lovers i' ther prime | D |
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| But wark wor scarce an wages low | F |
| An mait an drink wor dear | G |
| They did ther best to struggle on | H |
| As year crept after year | G |
| But they wor little better off | I |
| Nor what they'd been befoor | G |
| It tuk 'em all ther time to keep | J |
| Grim Want aghtside o'th' door | G |
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| Soa things went on wol Hope at last | K |
| Gave place to dark despair | G |
| They felt they'd nowt but lovin hearts | L |
| An want an toil to share | G |
| At length he screw'd his courage up | M |
| To leeav his native shore | G |
| An goa where wealth wor worshipped less | N |
| An men wor valued moor | G |
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| He towld his tale poor lass a tear | G |
| Just glistened in her e'e | O |
| Then soft shoo whispered please thisen | H |
| But think sometimes o' me | O |
| An whether tha's gooid luck or ill | P |
| Tha knows aw shall be glad | A |
| To see thee safe at hooam agean | H |
| An welcome back mi lad | A |
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| Awl labor on an do mi best | Q |
| Tho' lonely aw must feel | R |
| But awst be happy an content | S |
| If tha be dooin weel | R |
| But ne'er forget tho' waves may roll | R |
| An keep us far apart | E |
| Tha's left a poor poor lass behind | T |
| An taen away her heart | E |
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| Dost think 'at aw can e'er forget | U |
| Whearivver aw may rooam | O |
| That bonny face an lovin heart | E |
| Aw've prized soa dear at hooam | O |
| Nay lass nooan soa be sure o' this | V |
| 'At till next time we meet | W |
| Tha'll be mi first thowt ivvery morn | H |
| An last thowt ivvery neet | W |
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| He went away an years flew by | X |
| But tidins seldom came | O |
| Shoo couldn't help at times a sigh | X |
| But breathed noa word o' blame | O |
| When one fine day a letter came | O |
| 'Twor browt to her at th' mill | R |
| Shoo read it an her tremblin hands | Y |
| An beating heart stood still | R |
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| Her fellow workers gathered raand | W |
| An caught her as shoo fell | R |
| An as her heead droop'd o' ther arms | Z |
| Shoo sighed a sad farewell | R |
| Poor lass her love had proved untrue | G |
| He'd play'd a traitor's part | W |
| He'd taen another for his bride | W |
| An broke a trustin heart | W |
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| Her doleful stooary sooin wor known | H |
| An monny a tear wor shed | W |
| They took her hooam an had her laid | W |
| Upon her humble bed | W |
| Shoo'd nawther kith nor kin to come | O |
| Her burial fees to pay | C |
| But some poor comrade's undertuk | A2 |
| To see her put away | C |
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| Each gave what little helps they could | W |
| From aght ther scanty stooar | G |
| I' hooaps 'at some 'at roll'd i' wealth | B2 |
| Wod give a trifle moor | G |
| But th' maisters ordered 'em away | C |
| Abaat ther business sharp | C2 |
| For shoo'd deed withaat a nooatice | Z |
| An shoo hadn't fell'd her warp | D2 |
John Hartley
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