Shoo's Thi Sister. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBB DBDBBB DEDEFF DGDGEE BHBHII EDEDJJ KLKLBB| Written on seeing a wealthy Townsman rudely push a poor little girl off the pavement | A |
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| Gently gently shoo's thi sister | B |
| Tho' her clooas are nowt but rags | C |
| On her feet ther's monny a blister | B |
| See ha painfully shoo drags | C |
| Her tired limbs to some quiet corner | B |
| Shoo's thi sister dunnot scorn her | B |
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| Daan her cheeks noa tears are runnin | D |
| Shoo's been shov'd aside befoor | B |
| Used to scoffs an sneers an shunnin | D |
| Shoo expects it 'coss shoo's poor | B |
| Schooil'd for years her grief to smother | B |
| Still shoo's human tha'rt her brother | B |
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| Tho' tha'rt donn'd i' fine black cloathin | D |
| A kid glove o' awther hand | E |
| Dunnot touch her roughly loathin | D |
| Shoo's thi sister understand | E |
| Th' wind maks merry wi' her tatters | F |
| Poor lost pilgrim but what matters | F |
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| Luk ha sharp her elbow's growin | D |
| An ha pale her little face | G |
| An her hair neglected showin | D |
| Her's has been a sorry case | G |
| O mi heart felt sad at th' seet | E |
| When tha shov'd her into th' street | E |
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| Ther wor once a Man mich greater | B |
| Nor thisen wi' all thi brass | H |
| Him awr blessed Mediator | B |
| Wod He scorn that little lass | H |
| Noa He called 'em an He blessed 'em | I |
| An His hands divine caress'd 'em | I |
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| Goa thi ways an if tha bears net | E |
| Some regret for what tha's done | D |
| If tha con pass on an cares net | E |
| For that sufferin little one | D |
| Then ha'ivver poor shoo be | J |
| Yet shoo's rich compared wi' thee | J |
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| Oh 'at this breet gold should blind us | K |
| To awr duties here below | L |
| For we're forced to leeav behind us | K |
| All awr pomp an all awr show | L |
| Why then should we slight another | B |
| Shoo's thi sister unkind brother | B |
John Hartley
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