Pelang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHBI IJKJ LJEC BJE BBMB BJEJ NBEB FOJO MMO JMEM BEPE IMIM MJQJ IIBE MMM BJJJ JJMJ MKIK KMBM IIMI ERKR MBM IIIE IIBI JEIE IMMM

Pelang Pelang Mon cher gar onA
I t'ink of you t'ink of you night and dayB
Don't mak' no difference seems to meC
De long long tam you're gone awayB
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De snow is deep on de Grande MontagneD
Lak tonder de rapide roar belowE
De sam' kin' night ma boy get los'F
On beeg beeg storm forty year agoE
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An' I never was hear de win' blow hardG
An' de snow come sweesh on de window paneH
But ev'ryt'ing 'pear lak' it's yesterdayB
An' whole of ma troub' is come back againI
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Ah me I was foolish young girl denI
It's only ma own plaisir I careJ
An' w'en some dance or soir e come offK
Dat's very sure t'ing you will see me dereJ
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Don't got too moche sense at all dat tamL
Run ev'ry place on de whole contreeJ
But I change beeg lot w'en Pelang come 'longE
For I love him so well kin' o' steady meC
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An' he was de bes' boy on CoteauB
An' t'ink I am de bes' girl too for sureJ
He's tole me dat geev de ring alsoE
Was say on de inside 'Je t'aime toujours '-
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I geev heem some hair dat come off ma headB
I mak' de nice stocking for warm hees feetB
So ev'ryt'ing's feex w'en de spring is comeM
For mak' mari e on de church toute suiteB
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'W'en de spring is come ' Ah I don't see datB
Dough de year is pass as dey pass beforeJ
An' de season come an' de season goE
But our spring never was come no moreJ
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It's on de f te of de jour de l'anN
An' de worl' outside is cole an' w'iteB
As I sit an' watch for mon cher PelangE
For he's promise come see me dis very nightB
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Bonhomme Peloquin dat is leev near usF
He's alway keep look heem upon de moonO
See fonny t'ing dere only week beforeJ
An' say he's expec' some beeg storm soonO
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So ma fader is mak' it de laugh on me'M
'Pelang he's believe heem de ole BonhommeM
Dat t'ink he see ev'ryt'ing on de moonO
An' mebbe he's feel it too scare for come '-
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But I don't spik not'ing I am so sureJ
Of de promise Pelang is mak' wit' meM
An' de mos' beeg storm dat is never blowE
Can't kip heem away from hees own MarieM
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I open de door an' pass outsideB
For see mese'f how de night is lookE
An' de star is commence for go couchP
De mountain also is put on hees tuqueE
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No sooner I come on de house againI
W'ere ev'ryt'ing feel it so nice an' warmM
Dan out of de sky come de Nor'Eas' win'I
Out of de sky come de beeg snow stormM
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Blow lak not'ing I never seeM
Blow lak le diable he was mak' grande tourJ
De snow come down lak wan avalancheQ
An' cole Mon Dieu it is cole for sureJ
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I t'ink I t'ink of mon pauvre gar onI
Dat's out mebbe on de Grande MontagneI
So I place chandelle we're it's geev good lightB
An' pray Le Bon Dieu he will help PelangE
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De ole folk t'ink I am go crazeeM
An' moder she's geev me de good night kissM
She say 'Go off on your bed MarieM
Dere's nobody come on de storm lak dis '-
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But ma eye don't close dat long long nightB
For it seem jus' lak phantome is nearJ
An' I t'ink of de terrible Loup GarouJ
An' all de bad story I offen hearJ
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Dere was tam I am sure somet'ing call 'Marie'J
So plainly I open de outside doorJ
But it's meet me only de awful stormM
An de cry pass away don't come no moreJ
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An' de morning sun w'en he's up at las'M
Fin' me w'ite as de face of de snow itse'fK
For I know very well on de Grande MontagneI
Ma poor Pelang he's come dead hese'fK
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It's noon by de clock w'en de storm blow offK
An' ma fader an' broder start out for seeM
Any track on de snow by de Mountain sideB
Or down on de place w'ere chemin should beM
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No sign at all on de Grande MontagneI
No sign all over de w'ite w'ite snowI
Only hear de win' on de beeg pine treeM
An' roar of de rapide down belowI
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An' w'ere is he lie mon cher PelangE
Pelang ma boy I was love so wellR
Only Le Bon Dieu up aboveK
An' mebbe de leetle snow bird can tellR
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An I t'ink I hear de leetle bird sayM
'Wait till de snow is geev up it's deadB
Wait till I go an' de robin comeM
An' den you will fin' hees cole cole bed '-
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An' it's all come true for w'en de sunI
Is warm de side of de Grande MontagneI
An' drive away all de winter snowI
We fin' heem at las' mon cher PelangE
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An' here on de f te of de jour de l'anI
Alone by mese'f I sit againI
W'ile de beeg beeg storm is blow outsideB
An' de snow come sweesh on de window paneI
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Not all alone for I t'ink I hearJ
De voice of ma boy gone long agoE
Can hear it above de hurricaneI
An' roar of de rapide down belowE
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Yes yes Pelang mon cher gar onI
I t'ink of you t'ink of you night an' dayM
Don't mak' no difference seems to meM
How long de tam you was gone awayM

William Henry Drummond



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