Do They Know? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFGHIHIJKJK LGMG| Do 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 |
| 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
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