High Explosive Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFBB GGHH| HIGH EXPLOSIVE by A B Banjo Paterson | A |
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| 'Twas the dingo pup to his dam that said | B |
| It's time I worked for my daily bread | B |
| Out in the world I intend to go | C |
| And you'd be surprised at the things I know | C |
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| There's a wild duck's nest in a sheltered spot | D |
| And I'll go right down and I'll eat the lot | D |
| But when he got to his destined prey | E |
| He found that the ducks had flown away | E |
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| But an egg was left that would quench his thirst | F |
| So he bit the egg and it straightway burst | F |
| It burst with a bang and he turned and fled | B |
| For he thought that the egg had shot him dead | B |
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| Oh mother he said let us clear right out | G |
| Or we'll lose our lives with the bombs about | G |
| And it's lucky I am that I'm not blown up | H |
| It's a very hard life said the dingo pup | H |
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