Confidential Canberra Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH JEJEKLKL MNMNOPOP| Nay Mr Speaker let the ideal stay | A |
| The picture that voters have in mind | B |
| Of Solons in debate far leagues away | A |
| Deep in the problems of poor humankind | B |
| Here where the Cotter wends by verdant banks | C |
| Let them imagine eloquence sublime | D |
| And for those blessings offer grateful thanks | C |
| And vote for us again when comes the time | D |
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| Never the real Ah let no listening 'mike' | E |
| Whose ear ubiquitous within the house | F |
| Gathers too truly what debates are like | E |
| When Ministers grow hot and members rouse | F |
| When shouts across the floor fly back and forth | G |
| And loose tongues wag with little thought for care | H |
| When words released in unconsidered wrath | I |
| Are flung regardless to the ambient air | H |
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| Think Mr Speaker All that Canberra means | J |
| All that it typifies is here at stake | E |
| Must Cairns be privy to unlovely scenes | J |
| The Leeuwin learn of all the bulls we make | E |
| Must the unguarded phrase the tart retort | K |
| From Darwin down to Derwent and beyond | L |
| Borne on the trembling ether be a sport | K |
| Where'er loud speakers mockingly respond | L |
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| Why have we set these legislative halls | M |
| Midst sylvan scenes within the distant bush | N |
| If broadcast all the clamor but recalls | M |
| Forgotten pictures of a noisy push | N |
| That once in other cities held debate | O |
| Too publicly to let our words run free | P |
| Condemn us not again to that sad fate | O |
| Preserve our prestige Spare our dignity | P |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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