The Diggers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCC DCD EE FCFCCC GHGH IJI AJAJJ| Bristling Billy the porcupine | A |
| A person that nobody liked | B |
| Sinking a shaft on an ant bed mine | A |
| Came on a burrowing lizard's line | A |
| And the lizard was badly spiked | B |
| 'You're a blundering fool ' said the snake's half brother | C |
| And that was how one thing led to another | C |
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| Weary Willie the wombat king | D |
| Said he was champion excavator | C |
| But the Bristler said 'You ain't no such thing | D |
| You couldn't dig up a new pertater ' | - |
| So a match was made on their mining skill | E |
| Bristling Billy and Weary Will | E |
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| Both of the creatures were stout as steel | F |
| With knife like claws that could dig for ever | C |
| The wombat dug with the greater zeal | F |
| But he hadn't the style or the action clever | C |
| Of Bristling Billy who looked a winner | C |
| Till he struck some ants and he stopped for dinner | C |
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| Down where the ants had hid their young | G |
| Underground in a secret tunnel | H |
| Scooping them up with his sticky tongue | G |
| Into his mouth that was like a funnel | H |
| 'Why should I dig for your wagers scanty ' | - |
| Said he 'when I'm feeling so full and ant y ' | - |
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| A kangaroo who has lost his cash | I |
| Was wild at this most absurd come uppance | J |
| 'Now listen you poor ant eating trash | I |
| I'd give you a kick in the ribs for twopence ' | - |
| 'Well when I've finished with this here diet ' | - |
| Said Bristling Billy 'you come and try it ' | - |
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| Bristling Billy the porcupine | A |
| A person that nobody likes | J |
| Wanders away on his lonely line | A |
| Rattles his fearful spikes | J |
| Says he 'There's none of you long haired squibs | J |
| Is game to give me a kick in the ribs ' | - |
Banjo Paterson
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