'jim Of Maribyrnong' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGCFCF HIHICJCK LHLHCMCM| They were forthright days when Jim was born | A |
| When they called a spade a spade | B |
| And statesmen held in lofty scorn | A |
| he trickster's sticky trade | B |
| For their eyes were clear and their views were strong | C |
| And they'd be no party's too | D |
| And big bluff Jim of Maribyrnong | C |
| Learned wisdom in this school | E |
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| For black was black and white was white | F |
| When good Victoria reigned | G |
| And argument made no wrong right | F |
| No demagogue explained | G |
| That good might ever come of wrong | C |
| Or black be painted white | F |
| When big bluff Jim of Maribyrnong | C |
| Went out to fight the fight | F |
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| 'Twas thus Jim learned his politics | H |
| And he's little changed today | I |
| For he failed to learn those subtle tricks | H |
| That modern 'statesmen' play | I |
| To aid the folk who'd suffered long | C |
| Thro' tyranny's base laws | J |
| Marched big bluff Jim of Maribyrnong | C |
| Staunch for the Labor cause | K |
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| But times have changed a deal of late | L |
| And the 'art' of politics | H |
| And they say that Jim is out of date | L |
| And will not learn new tricks | H |
| But still unswayed by wrangling throng | C |
| Forthright and conscience free | M |
| Goes simple Jim of Maribyrnong | C |
| With his crude blunt honesty | M |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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