Definitions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFG H IIJ KKLLMM| We have heard it Oft we heard it long before we came of age | A |
| In whatever fields we practise art whatever arts engage | A |
| Ever praise for the performance still begrudging utmost fame | B |
| From who would extol the action yet withhold its hallowed name | B |
| Thus in painting think how often praise is mingled with complaint | C |
| 'No of course the man's no 'artist' but by jove sir he can paint ' | D |
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| As in fields of art and letters tho' Australian pride has swelled | E |
| We may never match our betters while the title is withheld | E |
| So in sport Consider racing This young champion What a horse | F |
| At all distances breaks records old and new on every course | F |
| But the veterans harking backward ban the upstart with a word | G |
| 'Yes no doubt the nag has speed sir But a 'racehorse' Bah Absurd ' | - |
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| When the Digger put a show up Over There some push or road | H |
| He won almost fulsome praise 'The bravest thing God made ' | - |
| But it seemed he still lacked something something vague and undefined | I |
| That would make him if he had it the supremest of his kind | I |
| And 'twas said in all good feeling of the valiant Aussie band | J |
| 'These men never will make 'soldiers' But as fighters Gad sir Grand ' | - |
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| Tho' he skittled English wickets till their very hope grew bleak | K |
| Ernie Jones was ne'er a 'bowler' No sir Just a sort of freak | K |
| There's a danger in perfection that may set a man apart | L |
| What he gains in execution he may lose 'twould seem in art | L |
| Now there's Bradman freak run getter making scores till all is blue | M |
| Can we call this man a 'batsman' Speaking honestly would you | M |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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