To Let. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC DEDE BCBC FBFB GHGG IJIJ KLLL MLML ININ BOBO LPLP QRQR JCJC JIJI CICI LLLL BBBB BCBC BSBS RNRN BBBB| Aw live in a snug little cot | A |
| An' tho' poor yet aw keep aght o' debt | B |
| Cloise by in a big garden plot | A |
| Stands a mansion 'at long wor to let | B |
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| Twelve month sin or somewhear abaat | B |
| A fine lukkin chap donned i' black | C |
| Coom an luk'd at it inside an aght | B |
| An decided this mansion to tak | C |
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| Ther wor whiteweshers coom in a drove | D |
| An masons an joiners an sweeps | E |
| An a blacksmith to fit up a cove | D |
| An bricks stooans an mortar i' heaps | E |
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| Ther wor painters an glazzeners too | B |
| To mend up each bit ov a braik | C |
| An a lot 'at had nowt else to do | B |
| But to help some o'th t'others to laik | C |
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| Ther wor fires i' ivvery range | F |
| They nivver let th' harston get cooiled | B |
| Throo th' cellar to th' thack they'd a change | F |
| An ivverything all in a mooild | B |
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| Th' same chap 'at is th' owner o'th' Hall | G |
| Is th' owner o'th' cot whear aw dwell | H |
| But if aw ax for th' leeast thing at all | G |
| He tells me to do it mysel | G |
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| This hall lets for fifty a year | I |
| Wol five paand is all 'at aw pay | J |
| When th' day come mi rent's allus thear | I |
| An that's a gooid thing in its way | J |
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| At th' last all th' repairers had done | K |
| An th' hall wor as cleean as a pin | L |
| Aw wor pleased when th' last lot wor gooan | L |
| For aw'd getten reight sick o' ther din | L |
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| Then th' furnitur started to come | M |
| Waggon looads on it all spankin new | L |
| Rich crimson an gold covered some | M |
| Wol some shone i' scarlet an blue | L |
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| Ov sofas aw think hauf a scoor | I |
| An picturs enuff for a show | N |
| They fill'd ivvery corner aw'm sure | I |
| Throo th' garret to th' kitchen below | N |
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| One day when a cab drove to th' gate | B |
| Th' new tenant stept aght an his wife | O |
| An tawk abaat fashion an state | B |
| Yo ne'er saw sich a spreead i' yor life | O |
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| Ther war sarvents to curtsey 'em in | L |
| An aw could'nt help sayin bi th' mass | P |
| As th' door shut when they'd booath getten in | L |
| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' brass | P |
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| Ther wor butchers an bakers an snobs | Q |
| An grocers an milkmen an snips | R |
| All seekin for orders an jobs | Q |
| An sweetenin th' sarvents wi' tips | R |
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| Aw sed to th' milk chap 'tother day | J |
| Ha long does ta trust sich fowk Ike | C |
| Each wick aw'm expected to pay | J |
| Fine fowk he says pay when they like | C |
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| Things went on like this day bi day | J |
| For somewhear cloise on for a year | I |
| Wol aw ne'er thowt o' lukkin that way | J |
| Altho' aw wor livin soa near | I |
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| But one neet when aw'd finished mi wark | C |
| An wor tooastin mi shins anent th' fire | I |
| A chap rushes in aght 'o'th' dark | C |
| Throo heead to fooit plaistered wi' mire | I |
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| Says he does ta know whear they've gooan | L |
| Says aw Lad pray who does ta meean | L |
| Them at th' hall he replied wi a grooan | L |
| They've bolted an diddled us cleean | L |
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| Aw tell'd him aw'd ne'er heeard a word | B |
| He cursed as he put on his hat | B |
| An he sed well they've flown like a burd | B |
| An paid nubdy owt an that's what | B |
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| He left an aw crept off to bed | B |
| Next day aw'd a visit throo Ike | C |
| But aw shut up his maath when aw sed | B |
| Fine fowk tha knows pay when they like | C |
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| Ther's papers i'th' winders to let | B |
| An aw know varry weel ha 't 'll be | S |
| They'll do th' same for th' next tenant awl bet | B |
| Tho they ne'er do a hawpoth for me | S |
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| But aw let 'em do just as they pleease | R |
| Aw'm content tho' mi station is low | N |
| An awm thankful sich hard times as thease | R |
| If aw manage to pay what aw owe | N |
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| This precept friends nivver forget | B |
| For a wiser one has not been sed | B |
| Be detarmined to rise aght o' debt | B |
| Tho' yo go withaat supper to bed | B |
John Hartley
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