Kenmare River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBABAACACCCCCCDC DEFEGAGAEACACBHBHCBC BB

'Tis pretty to be in BallinderryA
'Tis pretty to be in BallindoonB
But 'tis prettier far in County KerryA
Coortin' under the bran' new moonB
Aroon AroonB
'Twas there by the bosom of blue KillarneyB
They came by the hundther' a coortin' meA
Sure I was the one to give back their blarneyB
An' merry was I to be fancy freeA
But niver a step in the lot was lighterA
An' divvle a boulder among the bhoysC
Than Phelim O'Shea me dynamitherA
Me illigant arthist in clock work toysC
'Twas all for love he would bring his figgersC
Of iminent statesmen in toy machinesC
An' hould me hand as he pulled the thriggersC
An' scattered the thraytors to smithereensC
An' to see the Queen in her Crystial PallusC
Fly up to the roof an' the windeys brokeD
And all with divvle a trace of malusC
But he was the bhoy that enjoyed his jokeD
Then O but his cheek would flush an' 'Bridget 'E
He 'd say 'Will yez love me ' But I 'd be coyF
And answer him 'Arrah now dear don't fidget 'E
Though at heart I loved him me arthist bhoyG
One night we stood by the Kenmare riverA
An' 'Bridget creina now whist ' said heG
'I'll be goin' to night an' may be for iverA
Open your arms at the last to me 'E
'Twas there by the banks of the Kenmare riverA
He took in his hands me white white faceC
An' we kissed our first an' our last for iverA
For Phelim O'Shea is disparsed in spaceC
'Twas pretty to be by blue KillarneyB
'Twas pretty to hear the linnets's callH
But whist for I cannot attind their blarneyB
Nor whistle in answer at all at allH
For the voice that he swore 'ud out call the linnet'sC
Is cracked intoirely and out of chuneB
Since the clock work missed it by thirteen minutesC
An' scattered me Phelim around the moonB
Aroon AroonB

Sir Arthur Quiller-couch



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