Th' State O' Th' Poll. A Nop Tickle Illusion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCC DCDCCCCC ECECCBCB CFCFEGEG HIHIJKJK KCKCICCC CACAKCKC CLCLKKKK CCCCBCLC BCBCCCCC BLBLMCMC CLCLECEC LCLCCKCK LN NBMBM LCLCEMEM NL LCOCO LCLCBIBI KBKBCCCCSal Sanguine wor a bonny lass | A |
Ov that yo may be sewer | B |
Shoo had her trubbles tho' alas | A |
An th' biggest wor her yure | B |
Noa lass shoo knew as mich could spooart | C |
But oft shoo'd heeard it sed | C |
They thank'd ther stars they'd nowt o'th sooart | C |
It wor soa varry red | C |
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Young fowk we know are seldom wise | D |
Experience taiches wit | C |
Some freeat 'coss th' color o' ther eyes | D |
Is net as black as jet | C |
Wol others seem quite in a stew | C |
An can't tell whear to bide | C |
'Coss they've black een asteead o' blue | C |
An twenty things beside | C |
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Aw'm foorced to own Sal Sanguine's nop | E |
It had a ruddy cast | C |
An once shoo heeard a silly fop | E |
Say as he hurried past | C |
There goes the girl I'd like to wed | C |
'Twould grant my heart's desire | B |
In spring pull carrots from her head | C |
In winter 'twould save fire | B |
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Her cheeks wi' passion fairly burned | C |
Shoo made a fearful vow | F |
To have to some fresh color turned | C |
That yure upon her brow | F |
Shoo knew a chap 'at kept a shop | E |
An dyed all sooarts o' things | G |
An off shoo went withaat a stop | E |
As if shoo'd flown wi' wings | G |
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Shoo fan him in an tell'd her tale | H |
An tears stood in her ee | I |
Why Sal he sed few chap's wod fail | H |
If axt to dye for thee | I |
What color could ta like it done | J |
Aw'll pleeas thi if aw can | K |
We'st ha some bother aw'll be bun | J |
But aw think aw know a plan | K |
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Why mak it black lad if tha can | K |
Black's sewer to suit me best | C |
Aw dooant care if its black an tan | K |
Mi life's been sich a pest | C |
For tho' aw say 'at should'nt say't | I |
Ther's lots noa better bred | C |
Curl up ther nooas an cut me straight | C |
Becoss mi yure's soa red | C |
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Come on ageean to morn at neet | C |
Aw'll have all ready lass | A |
An if aw connot do it reight | C |
Aw'll ax thi for noa brass | A |
Soa Sally skuttered hooam agean | K |
An into bed shoo popt | C |
Her fowk wor capt what it could meean | K |
For thear th' next day shoo stopt | C |
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When th' evenin coom shoo up an dress'd | C |
An off shoo went to th' place | L |
Shoo seem'd like some poor soul possess'd | C |
Or one i' dire disgrace | L |
Come here sed th' chap all's ready nah | K |
It's stewin here i'th' pan | K |
Aw'll dip thi heead hold steady nah | K |
Just bide it if tha can | K |
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Poor Sally skriked wi' all her might | C |
But as all th' doors wor shut | C |
He nobbut sed nah lass keep quiet | C |
It weant do baght its wut | C |
To leearn mi trade for twenty year | B |
Throo morn to neet aw've toiled | C |
An know at nawther hanks nor heeads | L |
Are weel dyed unless boiled | C |
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But as tha'rt varry tender | B |
An aw've takken th' job i' hand | C |
Aw'll try it rayther cooiler | B |
But then th' color might'nt stand | C |
An for a while he swilled an slopt | C |
Wol shoo wor oinmost smoor'd | C |
An when he wrung it aght an stopt | C |
He varry near wor floored | C |
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For wol thrang workin wi' her yure | B |
He'd been soa taen wi' th' case | L |
He'd nivver gein a thowt befooar | B |
Abaat her neck an face | L |
But nah he saw his sad mistak | M |
Yet net a word he sed | C |
Her skin wor all a deep blue black | M |
Her yure a dark braan red | C |
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He gate her hooam sooin as he could | C |
Shoo slyly slipt up stairs | L |
An chuckled to think ha shoo should | C |
Tak all th' fowk unawares | L |
Shoo slept that neet just like a top | E |
Next morn shoo rose content | C |
Shoo rubb'd some tutty on her nop | E |
An then daan stairs shoo went | C |
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All th' childer screamed as if they'd fits | L |
Th' old fowk they stared like mad | C |
Nay Sally has ta lost thi wits | L |
Or has ta seen th' Old Lad | C |
Shoo smil'd an sed Well what's to do | C |
Gooid gracious whear's ta been | K |
Thi face has turned a breet sky blue | C |
Thi yure's a bottle green | K |
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Shoo flew to th' lukkin glass to see | L |
An then her heart stood still | N |
That villan sed 'he'd dee for me ' | - |
Aw'll swing for him aw will | N |
An then shoo set her daan o'th flooar | B |
As if her heart wod braik | M |
An th' childer gethered raand to rooar | B |
But th' old fowk nivver spaik | M |
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I' time her grief grew less ov course | L |
Shoo raased hersen at last | C |
Shoo weshed an swill'd but things lukt worse | L |
For th' color still proved fast | C |
They sent a bobby after th' chap | E |
He browt him in a crack | M |
Says he It's been a slight mishap | E |
Aw've made a small mistak | M |
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But just to prove aw meant noa ill | N |
Mi offer friends is this | L |
If shoo'll consent to say 'I will ' | - |
Aw'll tak her as shoo is | L |
Tho' shoo luks black befooar we're wed | C |
That's sewer to wear away | O |
Aw'd like to own her yure soa red | C |
Until time turns it grey | O |
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Says shoo awm feeard tha nobbut mocks | L |
Tha'rt strivin to misleead | C |
Nay lass he sed aw've turned thy locks | L |
But tha's fair turned my heead | C |
Aw think yo'd better far agree | B |
Sed th' old fowk in a breeath | I |
Will ta ha me Will ta ha me | B |
An nah we'll stick till deeath | I |
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Sooin after that th' law made 'em one | K |
An sin that time awm sewer | B |
He ne'er regretted th' job he'd done | K |
Nor shoo her ruddy yure | B |
An when fowk ax'd her ha to get | C |
Sich joy as hers shoo sed | C |
If anxious for some gradely wit | C |
Just goa an boil thi heead | C |
John Hartley
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