If Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FBGB HIJI KLML IGIG| Dear Jenny if fortun should favour mi lot | A |
| Mi own bonny wife tha shall be | B |
| For trubbles an worries we'll care net a jot | A |
| For we'll rout 'em wi' frolic an glee | B |
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| We'll have a snug cot wi' a garden at th' back | C |
| An aw'll fix peearks i'th' cellar for hens | D |
| Then a fresh egg for braikfast tha nivver need lack | C |
| When thi fancy to sich a thing tends | E |
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| Some cheers an a table an two o' three pans | F |
| Some pots an a kettle for tea | B |
| A bed an a creddle an smart kist o' drawers | G |
| An a rockin cheer lass that's for thee | B |
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| Some books an some picters to hing up o'th' wall | H |
| To mak th' place luk nobby an neat | I |
| An a rug up o'th' harstun to keep thi tooas warm | J |
| An some slippers to put on thi feet | I |
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| An when Sundy comes off to th' chapel or church | K |
| An when we get back we'll prepare | L |
| Some sooart ov a meal tho its hooamly an rough | M |
| If its whooalsum we nivver need care | L |
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| If we're blest wi' a bairn we mun ne'er be put aght | I |
| If it shows us its tempers an tiffs | G |
| Soa Jenny have patience for th' change i' thi state | I |
| Depends varry mich on theas Ifs | G |
John Hartley
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