A Song From A Sandhill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB AABB AABB AABB CCDD EEFG HHII JJBB| Drip drip drip It tinkles on the fly | A |
| The pitiless outpouring of an overburdened sky | A |
| Each drooping frond of pine has got a jewel at its tip | B |
| First a twinkle then a sprinkle and a drip drip drip | B |
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| Drip drip drip They must be shearing up on high | A |
| Can't you see the snowy fleeces that are rolling rolling by | A |
| How many bales I wonder are they branding to the clip | B |
| P'r'aps the Boss is keeping tally with this drip drip drip | B |
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| Drip drip drip while the sodden branches sigh | A |
| The jovial jackass dare not laugh for fear that he should cry | A |
| The merry magpie's melody is frozen on his lip | B |
| He glowers at the showers with their drip drip drip | B |
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| Drip drip drip and one's nap' is far from dry | A |
| 'Tis hard to keep the water out however one may try | A |
| I'd sell myself to Satan for three fingers of a nip | B |
| There's cramps and vile rheumatics in that drip drip drip | B |
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| Pat pat pat how it patters on the land | C |
| 'Tis certainly consoling to be camped upon the sand | C |
| There's naught but mud and water over yonder on the flat | D |
| Where the spots of rain are splashing with their pat pat pat | D |
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| Rain rain rain and the day is nearly done | E |
| I wonder shall we see another rising of the sun | E |
| Has the sky shut down and stifled him or will he come again | F |
| And stop the cursed clatter of this rain rain rain | G |
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| Drop drop drop monotonous as Life | H |
| With now and then a western breeze that cuts one like a knife | H |
| Sputter on the fire is it never going to stop | I |
| Has the weather clerk gone crazy with his drop drop drop | I |
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| Drip drip drip the squatter wouldn't say | J |
| Thank God ' so earnestly if he were camped in it to day | J |
| 'Tis in at last I knew it there's a pool about my hip | B |
| Oh 'tis maddening and sadd'ning with its drip drip drip | B |
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake
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