The Dinkum Aussie Block Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFFFFGG HHIIJJKK| What have we missed Now he returns no more | A |
| We are left with but our blindness to deplore | A |
| But concentrating on his spats instead | B |
| Missed all the lure of that impressive head | B |
| Caricaturists gazing at his feet | C |
| Drew little else and deemed the sketch complete | C |
| Likewise cartoonists whose gaunt fingers crept | D |
| Unconsciously to limn him as they slept | D |
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| And we poor Aussies of the rough hewn 'dile ' | - |
| Think to salve our vanity the while | E |
| Who said 'Though we've a gargoyle for a face | F |
| At least 'tis typical of our strong race' | F |
| Where are we now Where is our last excuse | F |
| For owning features so unlike a Bruce | F |
| The Bruce round whom admiring artists flock | G |
| Because he owns the dinkum Aussie block | G |
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| He kept his block and keeping it became | H |
| A classic type to spread his country's fame | H |
| While we poor groundlings with our eyes cast down | I |
| Saw only feet to bolster his renown | I |
| Could we not raise our eyes And now bereft | J |
| Of pride we've but this consolation left | J |
| Still humble members we plain as we are | K |
| Of that proud race that claims him avatar | K |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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