Mi Old Slippers. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FAFAAGAG AAAAHIHI HJHJIKIK| Aw'm wearily trudgin throo mire an weet | A |
| For aw've finished another day's wark | B |
| An welcome to me is that flickerin leet | A |
| 'At shines throo mi winder i'th' dark | C |
| Aw know ther's mi drinkin just ready o'th' hob | D |
| An a hearthstun as cleean as can be | E |
| For that old wife o' mine allus maks it her job | D |
| To have ivverything gradely for me | E |
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| It isn't mich time aw can spend wi' th' old lass | F |
| For aw'm tewin throo early till lat | A |
| An its all aw can do just to get as mich brass | F |
| As we need an sometimes hardly that | A |
| But we keep aght o' debt soa mi heart's allus leet | A |
| An aw sweeten mi wark wi' a song | G |
| An we try to mak th' best ov what trubbles we meet | A |
| An contentedly struggle along | G |
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| Two trusty old friends anent th' foir are set | A |
| They are waitin thear ivvery neet | A |
| They're nobbut a pair o' old slippers but yet | A |
| They give comfort an rest to mi feet | A |
| Like misen an mi wife they're fast wearin away | H |
| They've been shabby for monny a year | I |
| They have been a hansum pair once aw can say | H |
| Yet to me they wor nivver mooar dear | I |
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| Aw hooap they may last wol aw'm summon'd away | H |
| An this life's journey peacefully ends | J |
| For to part wod feel hard for at this time o'th' day | H |
| It's too lat to be makkin new friends | J |
| Aw know varry weel 'at ther end must be near | I |
| For aw see ha they're worn daan at th' heel | K |
| But they've sarved me reight weel an aw'st ha nowt to fear | I |
| If aw've sarved His purpose as weel | K |
John Hartley
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