A Lay Of Real Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CB DDDE FFFE GGEE HHHE IIIJ KKKL MMMN OOOE PPPE QQQE RRRE SSST UUUV

Some are born with a wooden spoon in their mouthsA
and some with a golden ladle GOLDSMITHB
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Some are born with tin rings in their noses andC
with silver ones SILVERSMITHB
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Who ruined me ere I was bornD
Sold every acre grass or cornD
And left the next heir all forlornD
My GrandfatherE
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Who said my mother was no nurseF
And physicked me and made me worseF
Till infancy became a curseF
My GrandmotherE
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Who left me in my seventh yearG
A comfort to my mother dearG
And Mr Pope the overseerE
My FatherE
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Who let me starve to buy her ginH
Till all my bones came through my skinH
Then called me ugly little sinH
My MotherE
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Who said my mother was a TurkI
And took me home and made me workI
But managed half my meals to shirkI
My AuntJ
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Who of all earthly things would boastK
He hated others' brats the mostK
And therefore made me feel my postK
My UncleL
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Who got in scrapes an endless scoreM
And always laid them at my doorM
Till many a bitter bang I boreM
My CousinN
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Who took me home when mother diedO
Again with father to resideO
Black shoes clean knives run far and wideO
My StepmotherE
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Who marred my stealthy urchin joysP
And when I played cried What a noiseP
Girls always hector over boysP
My SisterE
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Who used to share in what was mineQ
Or took it all did he inclineQ
'Cause I was eight and he was nineQ
My BrotherE
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Who stroked my head and said Good ladR
And gave me sixpence all he hadR
But at the stall the coin was badR
My GodfatherE
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Who gratis shared my social glassS
But when misfortune came to passS
Referr'd me to the pump AlasS
My FriendT
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Through all this weary world in briefU
Who ever sympathized with griefU
Or shared my joy my sole reliefU
MyselfV

Thomas Hood



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