Fur And Feathers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EBEEB FGFFG HIHHJ K KKL MEEM HNHHN

The emus formed a football teamA
Up Walgett wayB
Their dark brown sweaters were a dreamA
But kangaroos would sit and screamA
To watch them playB
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'Now butterfingers ' they would callC
And suck like namesD
The emus couldn't hold the ballC
They had no hands but hands aren't allC
In football gamesD
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A match against the kangaroosE
They played one dayB
The kangaroos were forced to chooseE
Some wallabies and wallaroosE
That played in greyB
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The rules that in the west prevailF
Would shock the townG
For when a kangaroo set sailF
An emu jumped upon his tailF
And fetched him downG
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A whistler duck as refereeH
Was not admiredI
He whistled so incessantlyH
The teams rebelled and up a treeH
He soon retiredJ
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The old marsupial captain saidK
'It's do or die '-
So down the ground like fire he fledK
And leaped above an emu's headK
And scored a tryL
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Then shouting 'Keep it on the toes '-
The emus cameM
Fierce as the flooded Bogan flowsE
They laid their foemen out in rowsE
And saved the gameM
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In native bear and Darling peaH
They dined that nightN
But one man was an absenteeH
The whistler duck their refereeH
Had taken flightN

Banjo Paterson



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Bussan : It’s do or die!
Bussan : It is really
Hgyggy : Been there before and it looks great

Brennan : It is so interesting

Luda : Bro, this is bussan
evelyn: is this a happy or sad
 

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