Pioneers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHBB| They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide | A |
| There were the sons of field and flock since e er they learned to ride | A |
| We may not hope to see such men in these degenerate years | B |
| As those explorers of the bush the brave old pioneers | B |
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| Twas they who rode the trackless bush in heat and storm and drought | C |
| Twas they that heard the master word that called them further out | C |
| Twas they that followed up the trail the mountain cattle made | D |
| And pressed across the mighty range where now their bones are laid | D |
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| But now the times are dull and slow the brave old days are dead | E |
| When hardy bushmen started out and forced their way ahead | E |
| By tangled scrub and forests grim towards the unknown west | F |
| And spied the far off promised land from off the ranges crest | F |
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| Oh Ye that sleep in lonely graves by far off ridge and plain | G |
| We drink to you in silence now as Christmas comes again | H |
| The men who fought the wilderness through rough unsettled years | B |
| The founders of our nation s life the brave old pioneers | B |
Banjo Paterson
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