Valentine Dream (prose) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A| On Valentine's day will a gooid gooise lay is a varry old sayin' an' aw dare say a varry gooid en an' if all th' geese wod nobbut lay o' that day ther'd be moor chonce o' eggs bein' cheap But it isn't th' geese we think on at th' fourteenth o' this month i'ts th' little ducks an' th' billy dux A'a aw wish aw'd all th' brass 'at's spent o' valentines for one year aw wodn't thank th' queen to be mi aunt Ther's nobdy sends me valentines nah Aw've known th' time when they did but aw'm like a old stage cooach aw'm aat o' date Aw'st niver forget th' furst valentine aw had sent Th' pooastman browt it afoor aw'd getten aat o' bed an' it happen'd to be Sunday mornin' Aw read it ovver an' ovver agean an' aw luk'd at th' directions an' th' pooast mark but aw cudn't make aat for mi life who'd sent it but whoiver it war aw wor detarmined to fall i' love wi' her as soain as aw gate to know Then aw shov'd it under th' piller an' shut mi een an' tried to fancy what sooart ov a lass shoo must be an' someha aw fell asleep an' aw dremt but aw willn't tell yo what aw dremt for fear yo'll laff But when aw wakken'd aw sowt up an' daan but nowhere could aw find th' valentine Aw wor ommost heartbrokken an' aw pool'd all th' cloas off th' bed an' aw luk'd under it an' ovver it but net a bit on it could aw see an' at last aw began to fancy 'at aw must ha dremt all th' lot an' 'at aw'd niver had one sent at all but when aw wor gettin' mi breeches on blow me if it worn' t stuck fast wi a wafer to mi shirt lap What her 'at sent it ud a sed if shoo'd seen it aw can't tell an' aw wodn't if aw could but aw know one thing aw wor niver i' sich a muck sweeat afoor sin aw wor born an' when aw went to mi braikfast aw 'wor soa maddled wol aw couldn't tell which wor th' reight end o'th' porridge spooin but aw comforted misen at last wi' thinkin' 'at aw worn't th' furst 'at had turned ther back ov a valentine | A |
John Hartley
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