Barley Grass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBDB DEDEBBBB DFDFDBD DBABGBHB IJJJDBDB BBBBDBDB| Wavin' corn upon the hillside | A |
| Twinklin' daisies on the rise | B |
| Mystic bushes across the ranges | C |
| Wattle in its spring time guise | B |
| Stately gums that mark the twinin's | B |
| Of the ole creek let 'em pass | B |
| Leave me here to lie a lazin' | D |
| In the noddin' barley grass | B |
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| Barley grass was noddin' noddin' | D |
| 'Long the dear ole township track | E |
| Where in school days we were ploddin' | D |
| Four mile there an' four mile back | E |
| Teacher on the summer mornin's | B |
| Called us scoldin' from the class | B |
| An' we wasted precious moments | B |
| Pickin' out the barley grass | B |
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| Barley grass insinuatin' | D |
| In a summer long ago | F |
| Gained a girl maternal ratin' | D |
| Made a chap a holy show | F |
| 'Some one's been to walk with some one | D |
| Down the creek side with a lass | B |
| Fie it ain't no use denyin' | D |
| Tell tale seeds of barley grass ' | - |
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| Came a time when fortune frownin' | D |
| Sent a spring in cruel guise | B |
| Wilted corn upon the hillside | A |
| Brown soil barren on the rise | B |
| Droopin' gums along the ole creek | G |
| Dry beneath a sky of brass | B |
| An' we longed for just the sight of | H |
| One green tuft of barley grass | B |
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| But we battle on together | I |
| Her an' me that mockin' spring | J |
| Never losin' faith or doubting' | J |
| What the future was to bring | J |
| Watchin' waitin' for the dawnin' | D |
| For the time of trial to pass | B |
| An' 'twas her that found one mornin' | D |
| That first peep of barley grass | B |
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| We don't want no wreath of roses | B |
| We don't want no immortelles | B |
| When the last of us reposes | B |
| In the last of earthly spells | B |
| Plant above we ain't presumin' | D |
| To be writ on stone or brass | B |
| Just a modest unassumin' | D |
| Simple bit of barley grass | B |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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