Fur And Feathers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EBEEB FGFFG HIHHJ K KKL MEEM HNHHNThe emus formed a football team | A |
Up Walgett way | B |
Their dark brown sweaters were a dream | A |
But kangaroos would sit and scream | A |
To watch them play | B |
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'Now butterfingers ' they would call | C |
And suck like names | D |
The emus couldn't hold the ball | C |
They had no hands but hands aren't all | C |
In football games | D |
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A match against the kangaroos | E |
They played one day | B |
The kangaroos were forced to choose | E |
Some wallabies and wallaroos | E |
That played in grey | B |
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The rules that in the west prevail | F |
Would shock the town | G |
For when a kangaroo set sail | F |
An emu jumped upon his tail | F |
And fetched him down | G |
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A whistler duck as referee | H |
Was not admired | I |
He whistled so incessantly | H |
The teams rebelled and up a tree | H |
He soon retired | J |
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The old marsupial captain said | K |
'It's do or die ' | - |
So down the ground like fire he fled | K |
And leaped above an emu's head | K |
And scored a try | L |
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Then shouting 'Keep it on the toes ' | - |
The emus came | M |
Fierce as the flooded Bogan flows | E |
They laid their foemen out in rows | E |
And saved the game | M |
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In native bear and Darling pea | H |
They dined that night | N |
But one man was an absentee | H |
The whistler duck their referee | H |
Had taken flight | N |
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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