The New Year's Resolve Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA AHAH IJIJ KAKA DADA| Says Dick ther's a nooation sprung up i' mi yed | A |
| For th' furst time i'th' whole coorse o' mi life | B |
| An aw've takken a fancy aw'st like to be wed | A |
| If aw knew who to get for a wife | B |
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| Aw dooant want a woman wi' beauty nor brass | C |
| For aw've nawther to booast on misel | D |
| What aw want is a warm hearted hard workin lass | C |
| An ther's lots to be fun aw've heeard tell | D |
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| To be single is all weel enuff nah an then | E |
| But it's awk'ard when th' weshin day comes | F |
| For aw nivver think sooapsuds agree weel wi' men | E |
| They turn all mi ten fingers to thumbs | F |
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| An aw'm sure it's a fact long afoor aw get done | G |
| Aw'm slopt throo mi waist to mi fit | A |
| An th' floor's in a pond as if th' peggy tub run | G |
| An mi back warks as if it 'ud split | A |
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| Aw fancied aw'st manage at breead bakin best | A |
| Soa one day aw bethowt me to try | H |
| But aw gate soa flustered aw ne'er thowt o'th' yeast | A |
| Soa aw mud as weel offered to fly | H |
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| Aw did mak a dumplin but a'a dear a me | I |
| Abaght that lot aw hardly dar think | J |
| Aw ne'er fan th' mistak till aw missed th' sooap yo see | I |
| An saw th' suet i'th' sooap box o'th' sink | J |
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| But a new year's just startin an soa aw declare | K |
| Aw'll be wed if a wife's to be had | A |
| For mi clooas is soa ragg'd woll aw'm ommost hauf bare | K |
| An thease mullucks they're drivin me mad | A |
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| Soa if yo should know or should chonce to hear tell | D |
| Ov a lass 'at to wed is inclined | A |
| Talegraft me at once an aw'll see her misel | D |
| Afoor shoo can alter her mind | A |
John Hartley
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