The Protest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABCBCBCBAB ABABBABBB DEFEFGF FAFAAA HFHFFFFFF| I say 'e isn't Remorse | A |
| 'Ow do I know | B |
| Saw 'im on Riccarton course | A |
| Two year ago | B |
| Think I'd forget any 'orse | A |
| Course 'e's The Crow | B |
| Bumper Maginnis and I | C |
| After a go | B |
| Walkin' our 'orses to dry | C |
| I says Hello | B |
| What's that old black goin' by | C |
| Bumper says Oh | B |
| That's an old cuddy of Flanagan's | A |
| Runs as The Crow | B |
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| Now they make out 'e's Remorse | A |
| Well but I know | B |
| Soon as I came on the course | A |
| I says 'Ello | B |
| 'Ere's the old Crow | B |
| Once a man's seen any 'orse | A |
| Course 'e must know | B |
| Sure as there's wood in this table | B |
| I say 'e's The Crow | B |
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| Cross examied by the Committee | D |
| 'Ow do I know the moke | E |
| After one sight | F |
| S'posin' you meet a bloke | E |
| Down town at night | F |
| Wouldn't you know 'im again when you meet 'im | G |
| That's 'im all right | F |
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| What was the brand on 'is 'ide | F |
| I couldn't say | A |
| Brands can be transmogrified | F |
| That ain't the way | A |
| It's the look of a 'orse and the way that 'e moves | A |
| That I'd know any day | A |
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| What was the boy on 'is back | H |
| Why 'e went past | F |
| All of a minute and off down the track | H |
| The 'orse went as fast | F |
| True so 'e did But my eyes what a treat | F |
| 'Ow can I notice the 'ands and the seat | F |
| Of each bumble faced kid of a boy that I meet | F |
| Lor' What a question to ast | F |
| Protest Dismissed | F |
Banjo Paterson
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