Tother Day. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCC EFEFGEGE CHCHCECE ICICJEJE KHKHCECE| As awm sittin enjoyin mi pipe | A |
| An tooastin mi shins beside th' hob | B |
| Aw find ther's a harvest quite ripe | A |
| O' thowts stoored away i' mi nob | B |
| An aw see things as plainly to neet | C |
| 'At long years ago vanished away | D |
| As if they'd but just left mi seet | C |
| Tother day | C |
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| Aw remember mi pranks when at schooil | E |
| When mischievous tricks kept me soa thrang | F |
| An mi maister declared me a fooil | E |
| An maybe he wor net soa far wrang | F |
| Ha mi lessons awd skip throo or miss | G |
| To give me mooar chonces for play | E |
| An aw fancy aw went throo all this | G |
| Tother day | E |
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| Aw remember mi coortin days too | C |
| What a felly aw fancied misen | H |
| An aw swore at mi sweetheart wor true | C |
| For mi faith knew noa falterin then | H |
| Aw remember ha jealous an mad | C |
| Aw felt when shoo turned me away | E |
| An left a poor heartbrokken lad | C |
| Tother day | E |
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| Aw remember when hung o' mi arm | I |
| To th' church went mi blushin' young bride | C |
| Ha aw glooated o'er ivvery charm | I |
| An swell'd like a frog i' mi pride | C |
| An th' world seem'd a fooitball to me | J |
| To kick when inclined for a play | E |
| An life wor a jolly gooid spree | J |
| Tother day | E |
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| Aw remember mi day dreeams o' fame | K |
| An aw reckoned what wealth aw should win | H |
| But alas aw confess to mi shame | K |
| Aw leeav offwhear aw thowt to begin | H |
| Mi chief joy is to dreeam o' what's pass'd | C |
| For mi future one hope sheds its ray | E |
| An awm driftin along varry fast | C |
| To that day | E |
John Hartley
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