It May Be Soa. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFG HIHIJIKI G LKMKNONP G QIQIIIII G IIIIRSTS UGIG| This world's made up ov leet an shade | A |
| But some things strange aw mark | B |
| One class live all on th' sunny side | C |
| Wol others dwell i'th' dark | B |
| Wor it intended some should grooap | D |
| Battlin with th' world o' care | E |
| Wol others full ov joy an hooap | D |
| Have happiness to spare | E |
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| It may be soa aw'll net contend | F |
| Opinions should be free | G |
| Aw'm nobbut spaikin as a friend | F |
| But it seems that way to me | G |
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| Should one class wear ther lives away | H |
| To mak another great | I |
| Wol all their share will hardly pay | H |
| For grub enuff to ait | I |
| An is it reight at some should dress | J |
| I' clooas bedeckt wi' gold | I |
| Wol others havn't rags enuff | K |
| To keep ther limbs throo th' cold | I |
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| It may be soa aw'll net contend c | G |
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| When gazin at th' fine palaces | L |
| Whear live the favoured few | K |
| Aw cant help wonderin sometimes | M |
| If th' inmates nobbut knew | K |
| At th' buildins next to their's i' size | N |
| Are workhaases for th' poor | O |
| An if they'd net feel some surprise | N |
| At th' misery raand ther door | P |
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| It may be soa aw'll net contend c | G |
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| Sometimes aw wonder what chaps think | Q |
| When shiverin wi' th' cold | I |
| Abaat th' brass at they've spent i' drink | Q |
| Whear th' landlords caant ther gold | I |
| They couldn't get a shillin lent | I |
| To buy a bit o' breead | I |
| Whear all ther wages have been spent | I |
| They'd get kickt aght asteead | I |
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| It may be soa aw'll net contend c | G |
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| Aw wonder if they'll leearn some day | I |
| At th' best friend they can find | I |
| When th' shop's shut daan an stopt ther pay | I |
| Is ther own purse snugly lined | I |
| Aw wonder will th' time ivver come | R |
| When th' darkest day is done | S |
| When they can sing of Home Sweet Home | T |
| An know they've getten one | S |
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| It may be soa aw hooap it will | U |
| For then we'st all be free | G |
| When ivvery man's his own best friend | I |
| Gooid by to poverty | G |
John Hartley
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