Convicts Love Canaries Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII CJCJKKHH| Dick's dead It was the Polack guard | A |
| Put powdered glass into his cage | B |
| When I was tramping round the yard | A |
| I could have killed him in my rage | B |
| I slugged him with that wrench I stole | C |
| That's why I'm rotting in the Hole | C |
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| Dick's dead Sure I wish I was too | D |
| His honey breast his lacy claws | E |
| I kissed and cried for well I knew | D |
| They murdered him I cursed because | E |
| He was my only chum on earth | F |
| Oh how he cheered me with his mirth | F |
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| Dick's dead I know he cared for me | G |
| Being I'm Irish I love song | H |
| And there was heaven in his glee | G |
| I'd bless his heart the dour day long | H |
| I'd let him flutter round the cell | I |
| He'd light upon my hand Oh hell | I |
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| Dick's dead They've thrown me in the Hole | C |
| To break our spirits how they try | J |
| My bed a plank blind as a mole | C |
| Sure I'll be nuts before I die | J |
| Here in the night dark as the Pit | K |
| I'm seeing sunny wings aflit | K |
| Here in the silence hark his song | H |
| Poor Dick Oh Christ how long how long | H |
Robert William Service
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