Stop At Hooam. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED BFBF GFGF HIJI IDJD IIII KIKI IDID JAJA LJLJ IJIJ IKIK IIII FMNM ONON IIII FDFD FIFI| Tha wodn't goa an leave me Jim | A |
| All lonely by mysel | B |
| My een at th' varry thowts grow dim | A |
| Aw connot say farewell | B |
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| Tha vow'd tha couldn't live unless | C |
| Tha saw me every day | D |
| An' said tha knew noa happiness | E |
| When aw wor foorced away | D |
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| An th' tales tha towld I know full weel | B |
| Wor true as gospel then | F |
| What is it lad 'at ma's thee feel | B |
| Soa strange unlike thisen | F |
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| Ther's raam enuff aw think tha'll find | G |
| I'th taan whear tha wor born | F |
| To mak a livin if tha'll mind | G |
| To ha' faith i' to morn | F |
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| Aw've mony a time goan to mi wark | H |
| Throo claads o' rain and sleet | I |
| All's seem'd soa dull soa drear an' dark | J |
| It ommust mud be neet | I |
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| But then when braikfast time's come raand | I |
| Aw've seen th' sun's cheerin ray | D |
| An' th' heavy lukkin claads have slunk | J |
| Like skulkin lads away | D |
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| An' then bi nooin it's shooan soa breet | I |
| Aw've sowt some shade to rest | I |
| An' as aw've paddled hooam at neet | I |
| Glorious it's sunk i'th west | I |
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| An' tho' a claad hangs ovver thee | K |
| An' trouble's hard to bide | I |
| Have patience lad an' wait an' see | K |
| What's hid o'th' tother side | I |
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| If aw wor free to please mi mind | I |
| Aw'st niver mak this stur | D |
| But aw've a mother ommust blind | I |
| What mud become o' her | D |
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| Tha knows shoo cared for me when waik | J |
| An' helpless ivery limb | A |
| Aw'm feeard her poor owd heart ud braik | J |
| If aw'd to leave her Jim | A |
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| Aw like to hear thee talk o' th' trees | L |
| 'At tower up to th' sky | J |
| An' th' burds 'at flutterin i'th' breeze | L |
| Lie glitterin' jewels fly | J |
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| Woll th' music of a shepherd's reed | I |
| May gently float along | J |
| Lendin its tender notes to lead | I |
| Some fair maid's simple song | J |
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| An' flaars 'at grow o' ivery side | I |
| Such as we niver see | K |
| But here at hooam at ivery stride | I |
| There's flaars for thee an' me | K |
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| Aw care net for ther suns soa breet | I |
| Nor warblin melody | I |
| Th' clink o' thi clogs o' th' flags at neet | I |
| Saands sweeter lad to me | I |
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| An' tho' aw wear a gingham gaan | F |
| A claat is noa disgrace | M |
| Tha'll niver find a heart moor warm | N |
| Beat under silk or lace | M |
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| Then settle daan tak my advice | O |
| Give up this wish to rooam | N |
| An' if tha luks tha'll find lots nice | O |
| Worth stoppin' for at hooam | N |
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| God bless thee Jenny dry that e'e | I |
| An' gi'e us howd thi hand | I |
| For words like thoase throo sich as thee | I |
| What mortal could withstand | I |
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| It isn't mich o'th' world aw know | F |
| But aw con truly say | D |
| A faithful heart's too rich to throw | F |
| Withaat a thowt away | D |
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| So here aw'll stay and should fate fraan | F |
| Aw'll tew for thine and thee | I |
| An' seek for comfort when cast daan | F |
| I'th' sunleet o' thi e'e | I |
John Hartley
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