Anthony Considine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDEDEFE CGCCG HBHHBAB IAIABA CBJJB KLKLKL CBCCCB| OUT in the wastes of the West countrie | A |
| Out where the white stars shine | B |
| Grim and silent as such men be | C |
| Rideth a man with a history | C |
| Anthony Considine | B |
| For the ways of men they are manifold | D |
| As their differing views in life | E |
| Some sell themselves for the lust of gold | D |
| And some for the lust of strife | E |
| But this man counted the world well lost | F |
| For the love of his neighbour s wife | E |
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| They fled together as those must flee | C |
| Whom all men hold in blame | G |
| Each to the other must all things be | C |
| Who cross the gulf of iniquity | C |
| And live in the land of shame | G |
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| But a light o love if she sins with one | H |
| She sinneth with ninety nine | B |
| The rule holds good since the world begun | H |
| Since ever the streams began to run | H |
| And the stars began to shine | B |
| The rule holds still and he found it true | A |
| Anthony Considine | B |
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| A nobler spirit had turned in scorn | I |
| From a love that was stained with mire | A |
| A weaker being might mourn and mourn | I |
| For the loss of his Heart s Desire | A |
| But the anger of Anthony Considine | B |
| Blazed up like a gaming fire | A |
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| And she with her new love presently | C |
| Came past with her eyes ashine | B |
| And Gad so willed it and God knows why | J |
| She turned and laughed as they passed hire by | J |
| Anthony Considine | B |
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| Her laughter stung as a whip might sting | K |
| And mad with his wounded pride | L |
| He turned and sprang with a panther s spring | K |
| And struck at his rival s side | L |
| And only the woman shuddering | K |
| Could tell how the dead man died | L |
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| - | |
| She dared not speak and the mystery | C |
| Is buried in auld lang syne | B |
| But out on the wastes of the West countrie | C |
| Grim and silent as such men be | C |
| Rideth a man with a history | C |
| Anthony Considine | B |
Banjo Paterson
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