Sam It Up. (prose) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A A A BB C| Ther's a deal o' things scattered raand at if fowk ud tak th' trouble to pick up might do 'em a paar o' gooid an' my advice is if yo meet wi' owt i' yor way 'at's likely to mak life better or happier sam it up but first mak sure yo've a reight to it Nah aw once knew a chap at fan a topcoit an' he came to me an' says A'a lad awve fun one o' th' grandest topcoits to day at iver tha clapt thi' een on Why where did ta find it aw says Reight o' th' top o' Skurcoit moor Well tha'rt a lucky chap aw says what has ta done wi' it Aw niver touched it 'aw left it just whear it wor Well tha art a faoil tha should ha' brout it hooam E'ea an' aw should ha' done but does ta see ther wor a chap in it Aw tell'd him he'd made a fooil on me an' aw consider'd mysen dropt on but noa moor nor he wor wi' havin' to leave th' coit Neer heed he said fowk can allus do baat what they can't get an' aw thowt ther wor a bit o' wisdom i' what he said But what caps me th' mooast is at fowk tug an' tew for a thing as if ther life depended on it an' as sooin as they find they cannot get it they turn raand an' say they care nowt abaat it We've all heeard tell abaat th' fox an' grapes an' ther's a deal o' that sooart o' thing This world's full o' disappointments an' we've all a share Th' Bradford Exchange wor oppened this month an' aw luk on it that wor a sad disappointment to some Exchange is noa robbery they say but if some fowk knew what it had cost they might think it had been a dear swap Ther are fowk at call it a grand success but then awve heeard some call th' Halifax Taan Hall a grand success but they haven't made me believe it It may do a deal o' gooid aw'll not deny that it may taich fowk to let things alooan at they dooan't understand let's hooap soa Ovver th' door hoil they've put Act Wisely an' it's time they did Its summat like telling a chap to be honest at the same time yo'r picking his pocket But we've noa business to grummel its awr duty to submit to th' powers that be if they're little ens but a chap cannot help langin' for th' time when brains an' net brass shall fit a man for a Taan Caancillor But fowk mun get consolation aat o' summat soa they try to fancy th' Taan Hall luks handsome Its like th' chap 'at saw his horse fall into th' beck he tugg'd an' pool'd and shaated an' bawl'd but th' horse went flooatin' on plungin' its legs abaat makkin' th' watter fly i' all direckshuns but it wur noa use for it wur draanded at th' last When he went hooam he tell'd th' wife abaat it | A |
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| What does ta say shoo says is it draanded | A |
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| E'es it's draanded lass but it ud ha' done thi e'en gooid to ha' seen it aw wor capt mun it wur a topper to swim an' that's a comfort tha knows we could niver ha' known that if it had niver been tried | A |
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| Lets hooap 'at when they've another to build they'll do better Its niver too late to mend an' we're niver too owd to learn but its hard wark to taich some Aw remember once a chap tellin' me hah they made sooap an' he said three thirds o' sooap wor tollow an' tother summat else Aw tried to show him 'at it couldn't be soa for if three thirds wor tollow it must be all tollow but he said aw needn't start o' taichin' him when he'd been a sooap boiler twenty year he owt to know Aw saw it wor noa use me talkin' for as Wordsworth says or else he doesn't | A |
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| Twor throwing words away for still | B |
| The soap boiler wod have his will | B |
| And said Three thirds wor tollow ' | - |
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| But who is ther 'at niver does wrang net th' odd en Them 'at live i' glass haases shouldn't throw stooans soa we'll drop it We're all fooils at times | C |
John Hartley
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