Th' Little Stranger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BCBC BDBE CBCB FCFC FBGB BFHB ICJC BKCK CCCC| Little bonny bonny babby | A |
| How tha stares an' weel tha may | B |
| For its but an haar or hardly | C |
| Sin' tha furst saw th' leet o' day | B |
| - | |
| A'a tha little knows young moppet | B |
| Ha awst have to tew for thee | C |
| But may be when forced to drop it | B |
| 'At tha'll do a bit for me | C |
| - | |
| Are ta maddled mun amang it | B |
| Does ta wonder what aw mean | D |
| Aw should think tha does but dang it | B |
| Where's ta been to leearn to scream | E |
| - | |
| That's noa sooart o' mewsic bless thi | C |
| Dunnot peawt thi lip like that | B |
| Mun aw hardly dar to nurse thi | C |
| Feared awst hurt thi little brat | B |
| - | |
| Come aw'll tak thi to thi mother | F |
| Shoo's more used to sich nor me | C |
| Hands like mine worn't made to bother | F |
| Wi sich ginger breead as thee | C |
| - | |
| Innocent an' helpless craytur | F |
| All soa pure an' undefiled | B |
| If ther's ought belangs to heaven | G |
| Lives o'th' earth it is a child | B |
| - | |
| An' its hard to think 'at someday | B |
| If tha'rt spared to weather throo | F |
| 'At tha'll be a man an' someway | H |
| Have to feight life's battles too | B |
| - | |
| Kings an' Queens an' lords an' ladies | I |
| Once wor nowt noa moor to see | C |
| An' th' warst wretch at hung o'th' gallows | J |
| Once wor born as pure as thee | C |
| - | |
| An' what tha at last may come to | B |
| God aboon us all can tell | K |
| But aw hope 'at tha'll be lucky | C |
| Even tho aw fail mysel | K |
| - | |
| Do aw ooin thi its a pity | C |
| Hush nah prathi dunnot freat | C |
| Goa an' snoozle to thi titty | C |
| Tha'rt too young for trouble yet | C |
John Hartley
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Th' Little Stranger poem by John Hartley
Best Poems of John Hartley