Matty's Reason. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JBJB KFKF LFLFKKKKFKFK AKAKKKKKK KKKKKKKK KKKKFMFM ACACMCMC AKKKCACA KKKKFKFK AKAKKKKK| Nah Matty what meeans all this fuss | A |
| Tha'rt as back'ard as back'ard can be | B |
| Ther must be some reason becoss | A |
| It used to be diff'rent wi' thee | B |
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| Aw've nooaticed 'at allus befoor | C |
| If aw kussed thi tha smiled an lukt fain | D |
| Ther's summat nooan reight lass aw'm sewer | C |
| Tha seems i' soa gloomy a vein | D |
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| If tha's met wi' a hansomer chap | E |
| Aw'm sewer aw'll net stand i' thi way | F |
| But tha mud get a war lass bi th' swap | G |
| If tha'rt anxious aw'll nivver say nay | F |
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| But tha knows 'at for monny a wick | H |
| Aw've been savin mi brass to get wed | I |
| An aw'd meant thee gooin wi' me to pick | H |
| Aght some chairs an a table an bed | I |
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| Aw offer'd mi hand an mi heart | J |
| An tha seemed to be fain to ha booath | B |
| But if its thi wish we should part | J |
| To beg on thi nah aw'd be looath | B |
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| An th' warst wish aw wish even yet | K |
| Is tha'll nivver get treeated soa meean | F |
| Gooid neet Matty lass nivver freeat | K |
| Tha'll kuss me when aw ax thi agean | F |
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| Nah Jimmy lad try to be cooil | L |
| Mi excuse tha may think is a funny en | F |
| Aw've nowt agean thee jaylus fooil | L |
| But thi breeath savoors strongly o' oonion | F |
| Wi' wonderin 'een he luk't abaat | K |
| Dazzled wi' th' blaze o' leet | K |
| Then drooped his heead reight wearied aght | K |
| Wi' cold an wind an weet | K |
| Then tenderly shoo tuckt him in | F |
| A little cosy bed | K |
| An kissed once moor his cheek soa thin | F |
| An stroked his curly head | K |
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| Noa owner coom to claim her prize | A |
| Tho' mich shoo feear'd ther wod | K |
| It seem'd a blessin dropt throo th' skies | A |
| A New Year's gift throo God | K |
| An happiness nah fills her heart | K |
| 'At wor wi' sorrow cleft | K |
| Noa wealth could tempt her nah to part | K |
| Wi' her Heaven sent New Year's gift | K |
| A New Year's Gift | K |
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| A little lad bare wor his feet | K |
| His 'een wor swell'd an red | K |
| Wor sleepin one wild New Year's neet | K |
| A cold doorstep his bed | K |
| His little curls wor drippin weet | K |
| His clooas wor thin an old | K |
| His face tho' pinched wor smilin sweet | K |
| His limbs wor numb wi' cold | K |
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| Th' wind whistled throo th' deserted street | K |
| An snowflakes whirled abaat | K |
| It wor a sorry sooart o' neet | K |
| For poor souls to be aght | K |
| 'Twor varry dark noa stars or mooin | F |
| Could shine throo sich a storm | M |
| Unless some succour turns up sooin | F |
| God help that freezin form | M |
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| A carriage stops at th' varry haase | A |
| A sarvent oppens th' door | C |
| A lady wi' a pale sad face | A |
| Steps aght o'th' cooach to th' floor | C |
| Her 'een fell on that huddled form | M |
| Shoo gives a startled cry | C |
| Then has him carried aght o'th' storm | M |
| To whear its warm an dry | C |
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| Shoo tended him wi' jewelled hands | A |
| An monny a tear shoo shed | K |
| For shoo'd once had a darlin lad | K |
| But he alas wor dead | K |
| This little waif seemed sent to cheer | C |
| An fill her darlin's place | A |
| An to her heart shoo prest him near | C |
| An kissed his little face | A |
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| Wi' wonderin 'een he luk't abaat | K |
| Dazzled wi' th' blaze o' leet | K |
| Then drooped his heead reight wearied aght | K |
| Wi' cold an wind an weet | K |
| Then tenderly shoo tuckt him in | F |
| A little cosy bed | K |
| An kissed once moor his cheek soa thin | F |
| An stroked his curly head | K |
| - | |
| Noa owner coom to claim her prize | A |
| Tho' mich shoo feear'd ther wod | K |
| It seem'd a blessin dropt throo th' skies | A |
| A New Year's gift throo God | K |
| An happiness nah fills her heart | K |
| 'At wor wi' sorrow cleft | K |
| Noa wealth could tempt her nah to part | K |
| Wi' her Heaven sent New Year's gift | K |
John Hartley
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