Frogs In Chorus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEEE FFGGEEEE HIJJKKKK LLMM| The 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
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