Down The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC ADADAEAE FCFCADAD GHIJAKFK DLDLAHAH FMFM ACACHark the sound of it drawing nearer | A |
Clink of hobble and brazen bell | B |
Mark the passage of stalwart shearer | A |
Bidding Monaro soil farewell | B |
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Where is he making for Down the river | A |
Down the river with eager tread | C |
Where is he making for Down the river | A |
Down the river to seek a 'shed' | C |
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Where is his dwelling on old Monaro | A |
Buckley's Crossing or Jindaboine | D |
Dry Plain is it or sweet Bolaira | A |
P'raps 'tis near where the rivers join | D |
Where is he making for Down the river | A |
When oh when will he turn him back | E |
Soft sighs follow him down the river | A |
Moist eyes gaze at his fading track | E |
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See behind him his pack horse ambling | F |
Bears the weight of his master's kit | C |
Oft and oft from the pathway rambling | F |
Crops unhampered by cruel bit | C |
Where is he making for Equine rover | A |
Sturdy nag from the Eucumbene | D |
Tempted down by the thought of clover | A |
Springing luscious in Riverine | D |
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Dreams of life and its future chances | G |
Snatch of song to beguile the way | H |
Through green crannies the sunlight glances | I |
Silver gilding the bright 'Jack Shay' | J |
So long mate I can stay no longer | A |
So long mate I've no time to stop | K |
Pens are waiting me at Mahonga | F |
Bluegong Grubben and Pullitop | K |
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What you say that the river's risen | D |
What that the melted snow has come | L |
What that it locks and bars our prison | D |
Many's the mountain stream I've swum | L |
I must onward and cross the river | A |
So long mate for I cannot stay | H |
I must onward and cross the river | A |
Over the river there lies my way | H |
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One man short when the roll they're calling | F |
One man short at old Bobby Rand's | M |
Heads are drooping and tears are falling | F |
Up on Monaro's mountain lands | M |
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Where is he making for Down the river | A |
Down the river of slimy bed | C |
Where is he making for Down the river | A |
Down the river that bears him dead | C |
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