The Way Of The Bush Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIDI JKJK LMNM ODPD QRSR TUVU LWXW YZA2Z B2C2FC2 D2E2XM| A night of storm and wind and rain | A |
| Tall trees bowing beneath the blast | B |
| That shakes and rattles the window pane | A |
| And a thunderous roar as the creek goes past | B |
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| Inside there a pictures and flowers and books | C |
| And a slim girl wife with shingled hair | D |
| The lamplight glimmers on cosy nooks | C |
| And Desmond Keene in his easy chair | D |
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| Thanks God for home and the days toil o er | E |
| When on the verandah a tramp of feet | F |
| A frenzied knock on the kitchen door | G |
| Wondering he goes a neighbour to greet | F |
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| The missus is dyin poor Simpson says | H |
| Down in the orspital sent for me | I |
| I gathered the kids and brought em ere | D |
| I thought your missus might mind em see | I |
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| Mind them of course and I ll go with you | J |
| You ll need a mate on a night like this | K |
| And soon the neighbours are battling through | J |
| Young Desmond cheered by his wife s last kiss | K |
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| For this is the way of the bush my friends | L |
| Neighbourly service prompt at need | M |
| Freely given and freely sought | N |
| For the bush recks nothing of caste or creed | M |
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| And the young wife s hands are steady and firm | O |
| Though here soft lips tremble in voiceless prayer | D |
| As she smooths the wet and tangled curls | P |
| Of the young ones left in her gentle care | D |
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| There s a solemn hush in the hospital ward | Q |
| Where a grey haired bushman bends in woe | R |
| Over the toil worn face of one | S |
| Who has come to the journey we all must go | R |
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| But Mother still has a smile for him | T |
| And the kind grey eyes show a soul at rest | U |
| While the poor thin hands that have toiled so long | V |
| Lie idly now on her quiet breast | U |
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| For this is the way of the bush my friends | L |
| To struggle and strive year out year in | W |
| And often to die and leave it all | X |
| When the lean years end and the good begin | W |
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| They brought her back to the home she loved | Y |
| And the neighbours came for miles around | Z |
| There were cars and buggies and horses ranged | A2 |
| Round the rough rail fence of the burying ground | Z |
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| They smothered the children with gifts and tears | B2 |
| In the way of the bush that is dear to God | C2 |
| And their homely kindness was pure and sweet | F |
| As the flowers they placed on the new turned sod | C2 |
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| Courage and patience and sturdy toil | D2 |
| And kindness unstinted in others needs | E2 |
| How the God that made them must love them all | X |
| For the way of the bush is His way indeed | M |
Alice Guerin Crist
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