The Australian Stockman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABB BBCCC BBDDDBB| The sun peers o'er you wooded ridge and thro' the forest dense | A |
| Its golden edge o'er the mountain ledge looks down on the stockyard fence | A |
| Looks down looks down looks down on the stockyard fence | A |
| And dark creeks rush thro' the tangled brush when their shuddering shadows throng | B |
| Until they chime in the rude rough rhyme of the wild goburra's song | B |
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| Till they chime ha ha till they chime ha ha in the wild goburra's song | B |
| Till they chime ha ha till they chime ha ha in the wild goburra's song | B |
| The night owl to her home hath fled to shun the glorious pomp | C |
| Of golden day she speeds away to her nest in the tea tree swamp | C |
| Away away to her nest in the tea tree swamp | C |
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| The dingo looks with a timid stare as he stealthily prowls along | B |
| And his pattering feet in concert beat with the wild goburra's song | B |
| Oh let them boast their city's wealth who toil in a dusty town | D |
| Give me the beam on the mountain stream and the range's dark faced frown | D |
| The stream the stream and the range's dark faced frown | D |
| When our steed shall pass o'er the quiv'ring grass and the crack of the sounding thong | B |
| Shall bid the startled echoes join the wild goburra's song | B |
Banjo Paterson
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