The Bush Veteran Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFA GGHHAAFA HHI JKFA LMNNOOFA| Old Pete Parraday he toddles up the road | A |
| 'Dangin'' things and 'darn in'' things and hefting of his load | A |
| For yesterday was pension day Peter has his goods | B |
| Butcher's meat and groceries and all sorts of foods | C |
| A bit of plug 'tobaker' and a tin of 'jelly Jam ' | D |
| 'Termatter' sauce and yellow soap a knuckle end of ham | E |
| And a little flask of 'special stuff' discreetly tucked away | F |
| 'I takes it for me rheumatiz ' says Peter Parraday | A |
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| Old Pete Parraday he lives all on his own | G |
| People say he's getting old and shouldn't be alone | G |
| They talk of institutions where he'd have most kindly care | H |
| 'Wot Me ' says Peter Parraday 'An' wot would I do there | H |
| Lose me independence an' be 'umble when they scold | A |
| Eat an' sleep an' dress an' smoke just when an' how I'm told | A |
| Shove ME in an Old Man's 'Ome to rust me life away | F |
| I'd like to see 'em try it on ' says Peter Parraday | A |
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| Old Pete Parraday has little time to spare | H |
| For a bush hut and a garden are a common source of care | H |
| There's wood to cut and meals to cook a thousand things to plan | I |
| In the little kitchen garden that 'do fair absorb a man ' | - |
| Green peas and radishes brussels sprouts and beans | J |
| Silver beet and lettuces all sorts of green | K |
| 'Waterin' an' weedin' 'em the hours they melts away | F |
| An' days ain't halfways long enough ' says Peter Parraday | A |
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| Old Peter Parraday he sits beside his door | L |
| To smoke a pipe at day's end when fussy toil is o'er | M |
| 'This world it changes fast like ' says he 'as time drifts by | N |
| For old days was easy days when I was young an' spry | N |
| An' cash was easy come by with fortunes flowin' free | O |
| An' many a man growed wealthy wot toed the mark with me | O |
| But me I seemed to miss the bus Fair lost me chance ses they | F |
| Yet that don't seem to grieve me some ' grins Peter Parraday | A |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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