Do They Know? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFG HIHIJKJKLGMGDo they know At the turn to the straight | A |
Where the favourites fail | B |
And every last atom of weight | A |
Is telling its tale | B |
As some grim old stayer hard pressed | C |
Runs true to his breed | D |
And with head in front of the rest | C |
Fights on in the lead | E |
When the jockeys are out with the whips | F |
With a furlong to go | G |
And the backers grow white in the lips | F |
Do you think they don't know | G |
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Do they know As they come back to weigh | H |
In a whirlwind of cheers | I |
Though the spurs have left marks of the fray | H |
Though the sweat on the ears | I |
Gathers cold and they sob with distress | J |
As they roll up the track | K |
They know just as well their success | J |
As the man on their back | K |
As they walk through a dense human lane | L |
That sways to and fro | G |
And cheers them again and again | M |
Do you think they don't know | G |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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