The Incantation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD D EE FFGGDDCCHHGG II CCDDJJII II KKDDLLHH II CCBMNNDDGG| Scene Federal Political Arena | A |
| A darkened cave In the middle a cauldron boiling | B |
| Enter the three witches | C |
| ST WITCH Thrice hath the Federal Jackass brayed | D |
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| ND WITCH Once the Bruce Smith War horse neighed | D |
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| RD WITCH So Georgie comes 'tis time 'tis time | E |
| Around the cauldron to chant our rhyme | E |
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| ST WITCH In the cauldron boil and bake | F |
| Fillet of a tariff snake | F |
| Home made flannels mostly cotton | G |
| Apples full of moths and rotten | G |
| Lamb that perished in the drought | D |
| Starving stock from furthest out | D |
| Drops of sweat from cultivators | C |
| Sweating to feed legislators | C |
| Grime from a white stoker's nob | H |
| Toiling at a nigger's job | H |
| Thus the great Australian Nation | G |
| Seeks political salvation | G |
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| ALL Double double toil and trouble | I |
| Fire burn and cauldron bubble | I |
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| ND WITCH Heel taps from the threepenny bars | C |
| Ash from Socialist cigars | C |
| Leathern tongue of boozer curst | D |
| With the great Australian thirst | D |
| Two up gambler keeping dark | J |
| Loafer sleeping in the park | J |
| Drop them in to prove the sequel | I |
| All men are born free and equal | I |
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| ALL Double double toil and trouble | I |
| Fire burn and cauldron bubble | I |
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| RD WITCH Lung of Labour agitator | K |
| Gall of Isaacs turning traitor | K |
| Spleen that Kingston has revealed | D |
| Sawdust stuffing out of Neild | D |
| Mix them up and then combine | L |
| With duplicity of Lyne | L |
| Alfred Deakin's gift of gab | H |
| Mix the gruel thick and slab | H |
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| ALL Double double toil and trouble | I |
| Heav'n help Australia in her trouble | I |
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| HECATE Oh well done I commend your pains | C |
| And everyone shall share i' the gains | C |
| And now about the cauldron sing | B |
| Enchanting all that you put in | M |
| Round about the cauldron go | N |
| In the People's rights we'll throw | N |
| Cool it with an Employer's blood | D |
| Then the charm stands firm and good | D |
| And thus with chaos in possession | G |
| Ring in the coming Fed'ral Session | G |
Banjo Paterson
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