Red Stockin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABABACADAEFEFGHGH IJKJHHHHLHKHMBNBOKOK BPBPQHQHRHRHSHSH THUHShoo wor shoeless an shiverin an weet | A |
Her hair flyin tangled an wild | A |
Shoo'd just been browt in aght o'th street | A |
Wi drink an mud splashes defiled | A |
Th' poleece sargent stood waitin to hear | B |
What charge agean her wod be made | A |
He'd scant pity for them they browt thear | B |
To be surly wor pairt ov his trade | A |
What name an he put it i'th' book | C |
An shoo hardly seemed able to stand | A |
As shoo tottered he happened to luk | D |
saw summat claspt in her hand | A |
What's that Bring it here right away | E |
You can't take that into your cell | F |
It's nothing Is that what you say | E |
Let me have it and then I can tell | F |
Nay nay yo shall nivver tak this | G |
It's dearer nor life is to me | H |
Lock me up if aw've done owt amiss | G |
But aw'll stick fast to this wol aw dee | H |
No nonsense he sed wi a frown | I |
An two officers speedily came | J |
Shoo seem'd to have soberer grown | K |
But shoo fowt like a fiend just the same | J |
Is it money or poison he sed | H |
An unfolded it quickly to see | H |
When sum in at fell aght soft an red | H |
An it rested across ov his knee | H |
'Twor a wee babby's stockin just one | L |
But his hard face grew gentle and mild | H |
As he sed in his kindliest tone | K |
This stockin was worn by your child | H |
Yes sir an its all at aw have | M |
To remind me ov when aw wor pure | B |
For mi husband an child are i'th' grave | N |
Yo'll net tak it throo me aw'm sewer | B |
No not for the world would I take | O |
Your treasure round which love has grown | K |
Pray keep it for poor baby's sake | O |
I once lost a child of my own | K |
And he folded it up wi much care | B |
As he lukt at her agonized face | P |
A face at had once been soa fair | B |
But nah bearin th' stamp ov disgrace | P |
You seem soberer now do you think | Q |
You could find your way home if you tried | H |
Oh yes sir God help me It's Drink | Q |
At has browt me to this sir shoo cried | H |
God help you Be sure that He will | R |
If you seek Him He'll come to your aid | H |
He is longing and waiting there still | R |
To receive you none need be afraid | H |
The mother whose heart still retains | S |
The love for her babe pure and bright | H |
May have err'd but the hope still remains | S |
That she yet will return Now Good night | H |
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With his kindly words still in her ears | T |
An that little red sock in her breast | H |
Shoo lukt up to Heaven through her tears | U |
An her faith in Christ's love did the rest | H |
John Hartley
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