Adventure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNOP QKRK| We found one evening in the scrub | A |
| a road the timber getters made | B |
| a winding dim mysterious track | C |
| and we raced down it half afraid | B |
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| The wild hop vines grew high aloft | D |
| a winter's chill was in the air | E |
| and trailing sarsaparilla swung | F |
| it's purple glory everywhere | E |
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| Then curled within a hollow stump | G |
| down in a gully dim and deep | H |
| we held our breaths with awe to find | I |
| four dingo puppies fast asleep | H |
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| We stroked them trembling for we knew | J |
| that somewhere in the forest dim | K |
| there lurked amid the gathering shades | L |
| the gaunt old mother fierce and grim | K |
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| The dry leaves rustled back we sped | M |
| to where the homelight beckoned warm | N |
| to supper time and Mother's smile | O |
| and nestling near her safe from harm | P |
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| We thrilling gazed into the night | Q |
| where twinkling stars rose high and dim | K |
| above the darksome scrub where lurked | R |
| the dingo mother fierce and grim | K |
Alice Guerin Crist
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