Frogs In Chorus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEEE FFGGEEEE HIJJKKKK LLMMThe chorus frogs in the big lagoon | A |
Would sing their songs to the silvery moon | A |
Tenor singers were out of place | B |
For every frog was a double bass | C |
But never a human chorus yet | D |
Could beat the accurate time they set | D |
The solo singer began the joke | E |
He sang As long as I live I'll croak | E |
Croak I'll croak | E |
And the chorus followed him Croak croak croak | E |
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The poet frog in his plaintive tone | F |
Sang of a sorrow was all his own | F |
How shall I win to my heart's desire | G |
How shall I feel my spirit's fire | G |
And the solo frog in his deepest croak | E |
To fire your spirit he sang eat coke | E |
Coke eat coke | E |
And the chorus followed him Coke coke coke | E |
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The green frog sat in a swampy spot | H |
And he sang the song of he knew not what | I |
The world is rotten oh cursed plight | J |
That I am the frog that must set it right | J |
How shall I scatter the shades that lurk | K |
And the old man bullfrog sang Get work | K |
Work get work | K |
And the chorus followed him Work work work | K |
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The soaring spirits that fain would fly | L |
On wings of hope to the starry sky | L |
Must face the snarls of the jealous dogs | M |
For the world is ruled by its chorus frogs | M |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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