Australia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDECDELAST sea thing dredged by sailor Time from Space | A |
Are you a drift Sargasso where the West | B |
In halcyon calm rebuilds her fatal nest | B |
Or Delos of a coming Sun God s race | A |
Are you for Light and trimmed with oil in place | A |
Or but a Will o Wisp on marshy quest | B |
A new demesne for Mammon to infest | B |
Or lurks millennial Eden neath your face | A |
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The cenotaphs of species dead elsewhere | C |
That in your limits leap and swim and fly | D |
Or trail uncanny harp strings from your trees | E |
Mix omens with the auguries that dare | C |
To plant the Cross upon your forehead sky | D |
A virgin helpmate Ocean at your knees | E |
Bernard O'dowd
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