The New Year (prose) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B A| What a charm ther is abaat owt new whether it's a new year or a new waist coit Aw sometimes try to fancy what sooart ov a world ther'd be if ther wor nowt new | A |
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| Solomon sed ther wor nowt new under th' sun an' he owt to know if onybody did Maybe he wor reight if we luk at it i' some ways but aw think it's possible to see it in another leet If ther wor nowt new ther'd be nowt to hooap for nowt to live for but to dee an' we should lang for that time to come just for th' sake ov a change Ha anxiously a little child looks forrard to th' time when he's to have a new toy an' ha he prizes it at furst when he's getten it but in a while he throws it o' one side an' cries fur summat new Ha he langs to be as big as his brother soa's he can have a new bat an' ball an' his brother langs for th' time when he can leeave schooil an' goa work for his livin' an' varry likely his fayther's langin' for th' time when he can live withaat workin' all on 'em langin for summat new Langill' for things new doesn't prevent us lovin' things at's owd Who isn't praad ov ther owd fayther as he sits i' tharm cheer an' tells long tales abaat what he can remember bein' new An' who doesn't feel a soothin' kind ov a feelin' come ovver him when his mother's kindly warnin' falls on his ear as shoo tells him what iver he does net to be soa fond ov ivery thing new What a love fowk get for th' owd haase but ther's moor o'th' past nor o'th' futur' i' these feelin's they're not hopeful an' its hopeful feelin's at keeps th' world a goin' its hooap at maks us keep o'th' look aat for summat fresh | B |
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| Aw've heeard fowk wish for things to keep just as they are they say they dooant want owt new What a mistak' they mak They're wishin' for what ud be th' mooast of a novelty Things willn't stop as they are an' it wodn't be reight if they did It's all weel enuff for them at's feathered ther nest to feel moderate contented but them at's sufferin' for want ov a meal's mait are all hopin' for a change for th' better Owd hats an' owd slippers are generally more comfortable nor new ens an' fowk wish they'd niver be done they hate owt new as if it wodn't be summat new if they could wear 'em withaat 'em bein' done Young fowk are allus moor anxious for changes nor owd fowk its likely enuff like a child wi' a pictur book watch him turn ovver two or three leaves at th' beginnin' see ha delighted he is but in a while he turns ovver moor carelessly an' befoor he gets to th' end he leaves it wearied with its variety or falls hard asleep opposite one at wod have fascinated him when he began Life's nobbut a pictur' book ov another sooart at th' beginnin' we're delighted wi' ivery fresh leeaf an' we keep turnin' ovver till at last we get wearied an' had rayther sit quietly looking at one But we cannot stop we ha' to goo throo th' book whether we like it or net until at last we shut us een an' fall asleep over summat new | A |
John Hartley
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