Hay-carren Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGHHII JJKKLLMMKK NNOOMMFFNNNN FCMMKKNNNN| 'Tis merry ov a zummer's day | A |
| When vo'k be out a haul n hay | A |
| Where boughs a spread upon the ground | B |
| Do me ke the staddle big an' round | B |
| An' grass do stand in pook or lie | C |
| In long backed we les or parsels dry | C |
| There I do vind it stir my heart | D |
| To hear the froth n hosses snort | E |
| A haul n on wi' sleek he ir'd hides | F |
| The red wheel'd waggon's deep blue zides | F |
| Aye let me have woone cup o' drink | G |
| An' hear the linky harness clink | G |
| An' then my blood do run so warm | H |
| An' put sich strangth 'ithin my e rm | H |
| That I do long to toss a pick | I |
| A pitch n or a me k n rick | I |
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| The bwoy is at the hosse's head | J |
| An' up upon the waggon bed | J |
| The lwoaders strong o' e rm do stan' | K |
| At head an' back at ta l a man | K |
| Wi' skill to build the lwoad upright | L |
| An' bind the vwolded corners tight | L |
| An' at each zide o'm sprack an' strong | M |
| A pitcher wi' his long stem'd prong | M |
| Avore the best two women now | K |
| A call'd to re ky after plough | K |
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| When I do pitchy 'tis my pride | N |
| Vor Jenny Hine to re ke my zide | N |
| An' zee her fling her re ke an' reach | O |
| So vur an' te ke in sich a streech | O |
| An' I don't shatter hay an' me ke | M |
| Mwore work than needs vor Jenny's re ke | M |
| I'd sooner zee the we les' high rows | F |
| Lik' hedges up above my nose | F |
| Than have light work myzelf an' vind | N |
| Poor Je ne a be t an' left behind | N |
| Vor she would sooner drop down dead | N |
| Than let the pitchers get a head | N |
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| 'Tis merry at the rick to zee | F |
| How picks do wag an' hay do vlee | C |
| While woone's unlwoad n woone do te ke | M |
| The pitches in an' zome do me ke | M |
| The lofty rick upright an' roun' | K |
| An' tread en hard an' re ke en down | K |
| An' tip en when the zun do zet | N |
| To shoot a sudden vall o' wet | N |
| An' zoo 'tis merry any day | N |
| Where vo'k be out a carr n hay | N |
William Barnes
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