Uncle Ben. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBCB DBDBEBEB BBBBFBBB AABADBDB GHGIAGAG GGGGAGDG| A gradely chap wor uncle Ben | A |
| As ivver lived i'th' fowd | B |
| He made a fortun for hissen | A |
| An lived on't when he'r owd | B |
| His yed wor like a snow drift | B |
| An his face wor red an breet | B |
| An his heart wor like a feather | C |
| For he did the thing 'at's reet | B |
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| He wore th' same suit o' fustian clooas | D |
| He'd worn sin aw wor bred | B |
| An th' same owd booits wi' cappel'd tooas | D |
| An th' same hat for his yed | B |
| His cot wor lowly yet he'd sing | E |
| Throo braik o' day till neet | B |
| His conscience nivver felt a sting | E |
| For he did the thing 'at's reet | B |
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| He wod'nt swap his humble state | B |
| Wi' th' grandest fowk i'th' land | B |
| He nivver wanted silver plate | B |
| Nor owt 'at's rich an grand | B |
| He did'nt sleep wi' curtained silk | F |
| Drawn raand him ov a neet | B |
| But he slept noa war for th' want o' that | B |
| For he'd done the thing 'at's reet | B |
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| Owd fowk called him awr Benny | A |
| Young fowk mi uncle Ben | A |
| An th' childer gronfather or dad | B |
| Or what best pleased thersen | A |
| A gleam o' joy coom o'er his face | D |
| When he heeard ther patterin feet | B |
| For he loved to laik wi th' little bairns | D |
| An he did the thing 'at's reet | B |
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| He nivver turned poor fowk away | G |
| Uncared for throo his door | H |
| He ne'er forgate ther wor a day | G |
| When he hissen wor poor | I |
| An monny a face has turned to Heaven | A |
| All glistenin wi' weet | G |
| An prayed for blessins on owd Ben | A |
| For he did the thing 'at's reet | G |
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| He knew his lease wor ommost spent | G |
| He'd sooin be called away | G |
| Yet he wor happy an content | G |
| An waited th' comin day | G |
| But one dark neet he shut his e'en | A |
| An slept soa calm an sweet | G |
| When mornin coom th' world held one less | D |
| 'At did the thing 'at's reet | G |
John Hartley
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