Santa Claus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABDEFFDE GHIIJH EKLMEK NEIINE CEIICE| HALT Who goes there The sentry s call | A |
| Rose on the midnight air | B |
| Above the noises of the camp | C |
| The roll of wheels the horses tramp | C |
| The challenge echoed over all | A |
| Halt Who goes there | B |
| A quaint old figure clothed in white | D |
| He bore a staff of pine | E |
| An ivy wreath was on his head | F |
| Advance oh friend the sentry said | F |
| Advance for this is Christmas night | D |
| And give the countersign | E |
| - | |
| No sign nor countersign have I | G |
| Through many lands I roam | H |
| The whole world over far and wide | I |
| To exiles all at Christmastide | I |
| From those who love them tenderly | J |
| I bring a thought of home | H |
| - | |
| From English brook and Scottish burn | E |
| From cold Canadian snows | K |
| From those far lands ye hold most dear | L |
| I bring you all a greeting here | M |
| A frond of a New Zealand fern | E |
| A bloom of English rose | K |
| - | |
| From faithful wife and loving lass | N |
| I bring a wish divine | E |
| For Christmas blessings on your head | I |
| I wish you well the sentry said | I |
| But here alas you may not pass | N |
| Without the countersign | E |
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| He vanished and the sentry s tramp | C |
| Re echoed down the line | E |
| It was not till the morning light | I |
| The soldiers knew that in the night | I |
| Old Santa Claus had come to camp | C |
| Without the countersign | E |
Banjo Paterson
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