Old Moorcock. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL HCHC HHHH HHHH HHHH MBMB LNLN HHHH LOLO HBHB ABAB PHPH NHNH

Awm havin a smook bi miselA
Net a soul here to spaik a word toB
Awve noa gossip to hear nor to tellA
An ther's nowt aw feel anxious to doB
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Awve noa noashun o' writin a lineC
Tho' awve just dipt mi pen into th' inkD
Towards warkin aw dooant mich inclineC
An awm ommost too lazy to thinkD
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Awve noa riches to mak me feel vainE
An yet awve as mich as aw needF
Awve noa sickness to cause me a painE
An noa troubles to mak mi heart bleedF
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Awr Dolly's crept off to her bedG
An aw hear shoo's beginnin to snoorH
That upset me when furst we wor wedG
But nah it disturbs me noa moorH
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Like me shoo taks things as they comeI
Makkin th' best o' what falls to her lotJ
Shoo's content wi her own humble hooamI
For her world's i' this snug little cotJ
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We know at we're booath growin oldK
But Time's traces we hardly can seeL
An tho' fifty years o'er us have roll'dK
Shoo's still th' same young Dolly to meL
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Her face may be wrinkled an greyH
An her een may be losin ther shineC
But her heart's just as leetsome to dayH
As it wor when aw furst made her mineC
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Awve mi hobbies to keep me i' toitH
Awve noa whistle nor bell to obeyH
Awve mi wark when aw like to goa to itH
An mi time's all mi own neet an dayH
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An tho' some pass me by wi a sneerH
An some pity mi lowly estateH
Aw think awve a deeal less to fearH
Nor them at's soa wealthy an greatH
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When th' sky stretches aght blue an breetH
An th' heather's i' blossom all roundH
Makkin th' mornin's cooil breezes smell sweetH
As they rustle along ovver th' graandH
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When aw listen to th' lark as he singsM
Far aboon ommost lost to mi viewB
Aw lang for a pair ov his wingsM
To fly wi him an sing like him tooB
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When aw sit under th' shade of a treeL
Wi mi book or mi pipe or mi penN
Aw think them at's sooary for meL
Had far better pity thersenN
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When wintry storms howl ovver th' moorH
An snow covers all far an wideH
Aw carefully festen mi doorH
An creep cloise up to th' fire insideH
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A basin o' porridge may beL
To some a despisable dishO
But it allus comes welcome to meL
If awve nobbut as mich as aw wishO
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Mi cloas are old fashioned they sayH
An aw havn't a daat but it's trueB
Yet they answer ther purpose to dayH
Just as weel as if th' fashion wor newB
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Let them at think joys nobbut dwellA
Wheear riches are piled up i' stoorB
Try to get a gooid share for thersel'A
But leave me mi snug cot up o'th' moorB
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Mi bacca's all done soa aw'll creepP
Off to bed just as quite as a maaseH
For if Dolly's disturbed ov her sleepP
Ther'll be a fine racket i'th' haaseH
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Aw mun keep th' band i'th' nick if aw canN
For if shoo gets her temper once crostH
All comforts an joys aw may planN
Is just soa mich labour at's lostH

John Hartley



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