Flames Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHGG IJIJFF KLKL M NGNGOO PQP GG RSRSTT UTUT V WG XX YZYZXX UGUGA2A2 H HGWW XB2 B2C2C2 D2E2D2 M F2G2 OO XHXH D| It's human nature for a bashful bloke | A |
| To bottle up an' hesitate an' doubt | B |
| Till grinnin' Fate plays him some low down joke | A |
| Then in excitement he goes blurtin' out | B |
| The tale his sane mind never would impart | C |
| So all the near by world knows it by heart | C |
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| Good luck for me the near by world that day | D |
| When I ran sobbin' thro' the scorchin' fern | E |
| Held few to hear the foolish things I say | D |
| No one was there my secret thought to learn | E |
| As I went shoutin' down the mountain spur | F |
| Only the scared birds an' the trees an' Her | F |
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| In fancy many men have been thro' Hell | G |
| Tortured by fear when hope has amost died | H |
| But few have gone thro' that an' fire as well | G |
| To come on Heaven on the other side | H |
| With just one angel in it safe an' well | G |
| A cool calm angel by the name of Nell | G |
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| The day the fire came sweepin' down the hill | I |
| Lickin' the forest up like some mad beast | J |
| We had our work cut out to save the mill | I |
| An' when the wind swung round into the East | J |
| An' blew the roarin' flames along the spur | F |
| Straight for 'The Height ' I gets quick fear for Her | F |
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| Flat out I was fightin' all day long | K |
| We saved the mill shed but the huts were done | L |
| When some bloke weak with sprintin' comes along | K |
| Comic it seemed to me the way he run | L |
| Shoutin' that someone's missin' from 'The Height ' | - |
| An' all the forest at the back's alight | M |
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| I don't what he thought an' never cared | N |
| When I grabs at his coat an' starts to yell | G |
| I only know that I was dreadful scared | N |
| In half a minute more I guessed 'twas Nell | G |
| He tell me when an' where they thought she went | O |
| An' of the useless searchers they had sent | O |
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| I never waits for more but turned an' ran | P |
| Straight for the spur along the scorchin' track | Q |
| Behind me as I went I hear some man | P |
| I think it's Pike bawlin' 'You fool Come back ' | - |
| What plan was in my mind I cannot tell | G |
| I only know I want to find my Nell | G |
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| Next thing I mind I've left the track an' turned | R |
| Into the blackened scrub my eyes feel bad | S |
| Above my head the messmate trees still burned | R |
| An' Lord them awful fancies that I had | S |
| I seen her lyin' there her face her hair | T |
| Why even now them thoughts give me a scare | T |
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| I stumble on Against a red hot butt | U |
| I burn my hand but never even swear | T |
| But keep on sayin' 'Make the splitter's hut | U |
| The splitter's hut Get to the clearin' there | T |
| She's at the splitter's hut an' if she ain't ' | - |
| My heart turns over an' I feel dead faint | V |
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| An' as I plug along I hear some fool | W |
| Repeatin' words till they sound like a spell | G |
| 'I'm goin' mad ' I thinks 'Keep cool Keep cool ' | - |
| But still the voice goes on' 'My Nell My Nell ' | - |
| I whips round quick to see who he can be | X |
| This yappin' fool then realize it's me | X |
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| They say I must have gone thro' blazin' ferns | Y |
| Perhaps I did but I don't recollect | Z |
| My mind was blank but judgin' by my burns | Y |
| There's something got to me that took effect | Z |
| But once I know I saw a flamin' tree | X |
| Fall just behind me but that don't trouble me | X |
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| I don't know how the reached the splitter's hut | U |
| I only saw the ragin' fire an' Nell | G |
| My clothes were torn my face an' hands were cut | U |
| An' half a dozen times at least I fell | G |
| I burst into the clearin' an' I look | A2 |
| She's sittin' on a log there with a book | A2 |
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| I seem to cross that clearin' in a stride | H |
| Still sobbin' like a kid 'My Nell My nell ' | - |
| I was clean mad But as I reach her side | H |
| I sort of wake an' give that song a spell | G |
| But by her eyes for all she seemed so cool | W |
| I know she must have heard an' feel a fool | W |
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| 'Why Mister Jim You do look hot ' says she | X |
| But still her eyes says oceans more than that | B2 |
| 'Did you come all the way up here for me ' | - |
| Coolness I tell you straight it knocked me flat | B2 |
| By rights she should fall sobbin' in my arms | C2 |
| But no there weren't no shrieks an' no alarms | C2 |
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| I pulls myself together with a jerk | D2 |
| 'Oh just a stroll ' I says 'Don't mention it | E2 |
| The mill's half burnt an' I am out of work | D2 |
| They missed you so I looked around a bit ' | - |
| 'Now that was good of you ' says she reel bright | M |
| 'Wasn't the bush fire such a splendid sight ' | - |
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| She looks me up and down 'Why Mister Jim ' | - |
| She says to me 'you do look hot indeed | F2 |
| If you go strollin' that way for a whim | G2 |
| Whatever would you do in case of need ' | - |
| That's what she said But with her eyes she sent | O |
| More than her thanks an' I was quite content | O |
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| I seen her home or rather she seen me | X |
| For I was weak an' fumbled in my stride | H |
| But when we reached 'The Height ' I seen that she | X |
| Was just in breakin' an' she went inside | H |
| I stumbles home 'Well Jim lad anyway ' | - |
| I tells myself 'you've had a fine full day | D |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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