Country Towns - Portland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IAIAJKJK LMLMCNCN| Here she hides an aged dame | A |
| Here she dreams beside the waves | B |
| Ever baulked of modern fame | A |
| And the deep sea trade she craves | B |
| Tall ships riding at her port | C |
| Waking her to life anew | D |
| Here she hides and holds the fort | C |
| Hoping yet dreams will come true | D |
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| Charming lady dignified | E |
| Proud hospitable and kind | F |
| With full half her rights denied | E |
| Here she waits and calls to mind | F |
| Pictures of the olden days | G |
| When the whalers sailing down | H |
| To her quiet waterways | G |
| Gave first promise to her town | H |
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| First came Dutton half forgot | I |
| To establish well her claim | A |
| As the land's historic spot | I |
| After him stout Henry came | A |
| Followed Major Mitchell then | J |
| Pushing forward with the task | K |
| Still she waits denied by men | J |
| All she has a right to ask | K |
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| But Dame Portland is not done | L |
| For her pioneering blood | M |
| Yet shall have ambition won | L |
| And her fortunes at the flood | M |
| Tall ships riding at her port | C |
| Thriving life about her strand | N |
| She the storehouse and the fort | C |
| Of her fertile hinterland | N |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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