Missin Yor Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAACA DEDEFAFA GHGHIAJA KCLCMAMA AEAENHNH OPOPAQAQ RSRSCTCT UUUUDUDU| It wor dark an mi way wor across a wild mooar | A |
| An noa signs could aw find ov a track | B |
| 'Twor a place whear aw nivver had rambled befooar | A |
| An aw eearnestly wished misen back | B |
| As aw went on an on mooar uneven it grew | A |
| An farther mi feet seem'd to stray | A |
| When a chap made me start as he shaated Halloa | C |
| Maister yor missin yor way | A |
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| Wi' his help aw contrived to land safely back hooam | D |
| An aw thowt as o'th' hearthstun aw set | E |
| What a blessin 'twod be if when other fowk rooam | D |
| They should meet sich a friend as aw'd met | E |
| An aw sat daan to write just theas words ov advice | F |
| Soa read 'em young Yorksher fowk pray | A |
| An aw'st think for mi trubble aw'm paid a rare price | F |
| If aw've saved one throo missin ther way | A |
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| Yo lads 'at's but latly begun to wear hats | G |
| An fancy yor varry big men | H |
| Yo may fancy yor sharps when yor nowt nobbut flats | G |
| Be advised an tak care o' yorsen | H |
| Shun that gin palace door as yo'd shun a wild beast | I |
| Nivver heed what yor comrades may say | A |
| Tho' they call yo a fooil an they mak yo ther jest | J |
| Stand stedfast they're missin ther way | A |
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| Shun them lasses God help 'em 'at wander throo th' streets | K |
| An cut sich a dash an a swell | C |
| Who simper an smirk at each chap 'at they meet | L |
| Flingin baits to drag victims to Hell | C |
| They may laff they may shaat they may join in a dance | M |
| They may spooart ther fine clooas an seem gay | A |
| But ther's sorrow within yo may see at a glance | M |
| Poor crayturs they're missin ther way | A |
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| Luk at yond but a child what's shoo dooin thear | A |
| Shoo sewerly is innocent yet | E |
| Her face isn't brazen an see ther's a tear | A |
| In her ee an her checks are booath wet | E |
| They are tears ov despair for altho' shoo's soa young | N |
| Shoo has sunk deep i' sin to obtain | H |
| Fine feathers an trinkets an nah her heart's wrung | N |
| Wi' remorse an shoo weeps wi' her pain | H |
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| But shoo's gooin away let us follo an see | O |
| Whear her journey soa hurried can tend | P |
| Some danger it may be shoo's tryin to flee | O |
| Or maybe shoo's i' search ov a friend | P |
| Her hooam once soa happy shoo durs'nt goa thear | A |
| For shoo's fill'd it wi' sorrow an grief | Q |
| An shoo turns her een upward as if wi' a fear | A |
| Even Heaven can give noa relief | Q |
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| Nah shoo's takken a turn an we've lost her but Hark | R |
| What's that cry It's a cry o' distress | S |
| An o'th' bridge we discover when gropin i'th' dark | R |
| A crushed bonnet a mantle an dress | S |
| An thear shines the river soa quiet an still | C |
| O'er its bed soa uncertain an deep | T |
| Can it be sich a thowt maks one's blooid to run chill | C |
| Has that lass gooan for ivver to sleep | T |
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| Alas soa it is For shoo's takken a bound | U |
| An rashly Life's river shoo's crost | U |
| An th' wind seems to whisper wi' sorrowful sound | U |
| Lost lost another one lost | U |
| O lads an O lasses tak warnin i' time | D |
| Shun theas traps set bi Satan whose bait | U |
| May seem temptin beware they're but first steps to crime | D |
| Act to day lest to morrow's too late | U |
John Hartley
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