Plain Jane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCADEFAAFGHAIIA AAJJAKKLMMLNNAOOA AAPPAQQRBBSAAALLA| Plain Jane plain Jane | A |
| This wor owd Butterworth's favourite strain | A |
| For wealth couldn't buy | B |
| Such pleasur an joy | C |
| As he had wi his owd plain Jane | A |
| Ther wor women who oft | D |
| Maybe thinkin him soft | E |
| Who endeavoured to 'tice him away | F |
| But tho ther breet een | A |
| An ther red cheeks had been | A |
| Quite enuffto lead others astray | F |
| All ther efforts wor lost | G |
| For he knew to his cost | H |
| 'At th' pleasur they promised browt pain | A |
| Soa he left em behind | I |
| Wol he went hooam to find | I |
| Purer pleasures i'th' arms o' plain Jane | A |
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| Plain Jane plain Jane | A |
| Owd Butterworth sed he'd noa cause to complain | A |
| Shoo wor hearty an strong | J |
| An could troll aght a song | J |
| An trubbles shoo held i' disdain | A |
| He'd not sell her squint | K |
| For all th' brass i'th' mint | K |
| Nor pairt wi her blossomin nooas | L |
| He's no rival to fear | M |
| Soa he keeps i' gooid cheer | M |
| An cares nowt ha th' world comes or it gooas | L |
| Cats are all gray at neet | N |
| Soa when puttin aght th' leet | N |
| As he duckt under th' warm caanterpain | A |
| He sed Beauty breeds strife | O |
| Oft between man an wife | O |
| But it ne'er trubbles me nor awr Jane | A |
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| Plain Jane plain Jane | A |
| To cuddle and coddle him allus wor fain | A |
| Shoo wod cook stew or bake | P |
| Wesh and scaar for his sake | P |
| An could doctor his ivvery pain | A |
| Tho his wage wor but small | Q |
| Shoo ne'er grummeld at all | Q |
| An if th' butter should chonce to run short | R |
| Her cake shoo'd ait dry | B |
| If axt why shoo'd reply | B |
| Becoss aw know weel ther's nowt for't | S |
| But th' harstun wor cleean | A |
| Tho th' livin wor meean | A |
| An her karacter hadn't a stain | A |
| An owd Butterworth knows | L |
| As his bacca he blows | L |
| Ther's war wimmen ith' world nor owd Jane | A |
John Hartley
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