Goalkeeper Joe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDEF GHCH HIEI ECJC KLMG HHCH HAGA NOHO HHCH EPKP HKHK QRER KMKM ESTS UVWV HCXC CCCC| Joe Dunn were a bobby for football | A |
| He gave all his time to that sport | B |
| He played for the West Wigan Whippets | C |
| On days when they turned out one short | B |
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| He d been member of club for three seasons | C |
| And had grumbled again and again | D |
| Cos he found only time that they d used him | E |
| Were when it were pouring with rain | F |
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| He felt as his talents were wasted | G |
| When each week his job seemed to be | H |
| No but minding the clothes for the others | C |
| And chucking clods at referee | H |
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| So next time selection committee | H |
| Came round to ask him for his sub | I |
| He told them if they didn t play him | E |
| He d transfer to some other club | I |
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| Committee they coaxed and cudgelled him | E |
| But found he d have none of their shifts | C |
| So they promised to play him next weekend | J |
| In match against Todmorden Swifts | C |
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| This match were the plum of the season | K |
| An annual fixture it stood | L |
| T were reckoned as good as a cup tie | M |
| By them as liked plenty of blood | G |
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| The day of the match dawned in splendour | H |
| A beautiful morning it were | H |
| With a fog drifting up from the brick fields | C |
| And a drizzle of rain in the air | H |
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| The Whippets made Joe their goalkeeper | H |
| A thing as weren t wanted at all | A |
| For they knew once battle had started | G |
| They d have no time to mess with the ball | A |
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| Joe stood by the goal posts and shivered | N |
| While the fog round his legs seemed to creep | O |
| 'Til feeling neglected and lonely | H |
| He leant back and went fast asleep | O |
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| He dreamt he were playing at Wembley | H |
| And t roar of a thundering cheer | H |
| He were kicking a goal for the Whippets | C |
| When he woke with a clout in his ear | H |
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| He found 'twere the ball that had struck him | E |
| And inside the net there it lay | P |
| But as no one had seen this ere appen | K |
| He punted it back into play | P |
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| 'Twere the first ball he d punted in anger | H |
| His feelings he couldn t restrain | K |
| Forgetting as he were goalkeeper | H |
| He ran out and kicked it again | K |
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| Then after the ball like a rabbit | Q |
| He rushed down the field full of pride | R |
| He reckoned if nobody stopped him | E |
| Then appen he d score for his side | R |
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| Alf way down he bumped into his captain | K |
| Who weren t going to let him go by | M |
| But Joe like Horatio Nelson | K |
| Put a fist to the Captain s blind eye | M |
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| On he went 'til the goal lay before him | E |
| Then stopping to get himself set | S |
| He steadied the ball and then kicked it | T |
| And landed it right in the net | S |
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| The fog seemed to lift at that moment | U |
| And all eyes were turned on the lad | V |
| The Whippets seemed kind of dumbfounded | W |
| While the Swifts started cheering like mad | V |
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| 'Twere his own goal as he d kicked the ball through | H |
| He d scored for his foes gainst his friends | C |
| For he d slept through the referee s whistle | X |
| And at half time he hadn t changed ends | C |
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| Joe was transferred from the West Wigan Whippets | C |
| To the Todmorden Swifts where you ll see | C |
| Still minding the clothes for the others | C |
| And chucking clods at referee | C |
Marriott Edgar
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