Under The Shadow Of Kiley's Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EBEFB GHDGH IBIIB JKJJK LBLLB| This is the place where they all were bred | A |
| Some of the rafters are standing still | B |
| Now they are scattered and lost and dead | A |
| Every one from the old nest fled | A |
| Out of the shadow of Kiley's Hill | B |
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| Better it is that they ne'er came back | C |
| Changes and chances are quickly rung | D |
| Now the old homestead is gone to rack | C |
| Green is the grass on the well worn track | C |
| Down by the gate where the roses clung | D |
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| Gone is the garden they kept with care | E |
| Left to decay at its own sweet will | B |
| Fruit trees and flower beds eaten bare | E |
| Cattle and sheep where the roses were | F |
| Under the shadow of Kiley's Hill | B |
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| Where are the children that strove and grew | G |
| In the old homestead in days gone by | H |
| One is away on the far Barcoo | D |
| Watching his cattle the long year through | G |
| Watching them starve in the droughts and die | H |
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| One in the town where all cares are rife | I |
| Weary with troubles that cramp and kill | B |
| Fain would be done with the restless strife | I |
| Fain would go back to the old bush life | I |
| Back to the shadow of Kiley's Hill | B |
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| One is away on the roving quest | J |
| Seeking his share of the golden spoil | K |
| Out in the wastes of the trackless west | J |
| Wandering ever he gives the best | J |
| Of his years and strength to the hopeless toil | K |
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| What of the parents That unkempt mound | L |
| Shows where they slumber united still | B |
| Rough is their grave but they sleep as sound | L |
| Out on the range as in holy ground | L |
| Under the shadow of Kiley's Hill | B |
Banjo Paterson
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