Woak Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD AAAD AAED DAAD DFAD EEAD GHID AEJD AADD EKLD| When sycamore leaves wer a spreaden | A |
| Green ruddy in hedges | B |
| Bezide the red doust o' the ridges | C |
| A dried at Woak Hill | D |
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| I packed up my goods all a sheenen | A |
| Wi' long years o' handlen | A |
| On dousty red wheels ov a waggon | A |
| To ride at Woak Hill | D |
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| The brown thatchen ruf o' the dwellen | A |
| I then wer a leaven | A |
| Had sheltered the sleek head o' Meary | E |
| My bride at Woak Hill | D |
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| But now vor zome years her light voot vall | D |
| 'S a lost vrom the vlooren | A |
| To soon vor my jay an' my childern | A |
| She died at Woak Hill | D |
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| But still I do think that in soul | D |
| She do hover about us | F |
| To ho vor her motherless childern | A |
| Her pride at Woak Hill | D |
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| Zoo lest she should tell me hereafter | E |
| I stole off 'ithout her | E |
| An' left her uncalled at house ridden | A |
| To bide at Woak Hill | D |
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| I called her so fondly wi' lippens | G |
| All soundless to others | H |
| An' took her wi' air reachen hand | I |
| To my zide at Woak Hill | D |
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| On the road I did look round a talken | A |
| To light at my shoulder | E |
| An' then led her in at the doorway | J |
| Miles wide vrom Woak Hill | D |
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| An' that's why vo'k thought vor a season | A |
| My mind wer a wandren | A |
| Wi' sorrow when I wer so sorely | D |
| A tried at Woak Hill | D |
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| But no that my Meary mid never | E |
| Behold herzelf slighted | K |
| I wanted to think that I guided | L |
| My guide vrom Woak Hill | D |
William Barnes
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