The Fitzroy Blacksmith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEFGFHF IJKJLJ MNOPON| Under the spreading deficit | A |
| The Fitzroy Smithy stands | B |
| The smith a spendthrift man is he | C |
| With too much on his hands | B |
| But the muscles of his brawny jaw | D |
| Are strong as iron bands | B |
| Pay out pay put from morn till night | E |
| You can hear the sovereigns go | F |
| Or you'll hear him singing Old Folks at Home | G |
| In a deep bass voice and slow | F |
| Like a bullfrog down in the village well | H |
| When the evening sun is low | F |
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| The Australian going home for loans | I |
| Looks in at the open door | J |
| He loves to see the imported plant | K |
| And to hear the furnace roar | J |
| And to watch the private firms smash up | L |
| Like chaff on the threshing floor | J |
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| Toiling rejoicing borrowing | M |
| Onward through life he goes | N |
| Each morning sees some scheme begun | O |
| That never sees its close | P |
| Something unpaid for someone done | O |
| Has earned a night's repose | N |
Banjo Paterson
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