Black Harry's Team Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGAGA HIHIJKJK LMLMNONO PAPAQKQK RSRSTQTQNo soft skinned Durham steers are they | A |
No Devons plump and red | B |
But brindled black and iron grey | A |
That mark the mountain bred | B |
For mountain bred and mountain broke | C |
With sullen eyes agleam | D |
No stranger's hand could put a yoke | C |
On old Black Harry's team | D |
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Pull out pull out at break of morn | E |
The creeks are running white | F |
And Tiger Spot and Snailey horn | E |
Must bend their bows by night | F |
And axles wheels and flooring boards | G |
Are swept with flying spray | A |
As shoulder deep through mountain fords | G |
The leaders feel their way | A |
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He needs no sign of cross or kirn | H |
To guide him as he goes | I |
For every twist and every turn | H |
That old black leader knows | I |
Up mountains steep they heave and strain | J |
Where never wheel has rolled | K |
And what the toiling leaders gain | J |
The body bullocks hold | K |
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Where eagle hawks their eyries make | L |
On sidlings steep and blind | M |
He rigs the good old fashioned brake | L |
A tree tied on behind | M |
Up mountains straining to the full | N |
Each poler plays his part | O |
The sullen stubborn bullock pull | N |
That breaks a horse's heart | O |
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Beyond the farthest bridle track | P |
His wheels have blazed the way | A |
The forest giants burnt and black | P |
Are ear marked by his dray | A |
Through belts of scrub where messmates grow | Q |
His juggernaut has rolled | K |
For stumps and saplings have to go | Q |
When Harry's team takes hold | K |
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On easy grade and rubber tyre | R |
The tourist car goes through | S |
They halt a moment to admire | R |
The far flung mountain view | S |
The tourist folk would be amazed | T |
If they could get to know | Q |
They take the track Black Harry blazed | T |
A Hundred Years Ago | Q |
Banjo Paterson
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