High Explosive Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEAA FFGG| 'Twas the dingo pup to his dam that said | A |
| It's time I worked for my daily bread | A |
| Out in the world I intend to go | B |
| And you'd be surprised at the things I know | B |
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| There's a wild duck's nest in a sheltered spot | C |
| And I'll go right down and I'll eat the lot | C |
| But when he got to his destined prey | D |
| He found that the ducks had flown away | D |
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| But an egg was left that would quench his thirst | E |
| So he bit the egg and it straightway burst | E |
| It burst with a bang and he turned and fled | A |
| For he thought that the egg had shot him dead | A |
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| Oh mother he said let us clear right out | F |
| Or we'll lose our lives with the bombs about | F |
| And it's lucky I am that I'm not blown up | G |
| It's a very hard life said the dingo pup | G |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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