The Drought King's Trumpeter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAEFF AAG H AIJJKLALMM JJN A| Said old Pete the Pensioner | A |
| 'I met him down the road | B |
| Where twixt the shadders of the gums | C |
| The silver moonlight flowed | B |
| His skin was white like shrivelled grass | D |
| His eyes was eyes o' flame | E |
| He was the Drought King's trumpeter | A |
| An' tooted as he came | E |
| He tooted on a holler bone of some thing dead o' thirst | F |
| Like dry winds a moanin' low Then into song he burst | F |
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| 'Ho The Drought King's a comin as he came to men afore | A |
| Out of his home within the sun They're flingin' wide the door | A |
| Then shall Folly flee before him an' Destruction spread behind | G |
| He comes to purify the earth an' chasten humankind ' | - |
| I saw the Drought King's trumpeter as plain as I see you | H |
| An' not a dropp inside o' me save maybe one or two ' | - |
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| Said old Pete 'I saw him there | A |
| Underneath the moon | I |
| He tooted on his holler bone | J |
| An' danced a rigadoon | J |
| I took one look into his face | K |
| Then fled into the night | L |
| I fell in thro' my old hut door | A |
| An' banged an' barred it tight | L |
| But thro' the night I heard him there the way he keened an' cried | M |
| The callin' of the curlew was sweet melody beside | M |
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| 'Ho The Drought King's a comin' from his home within the sun | J |
| To lay his curse upon the earth for sins that men have done | J |
| Grace ye had an' gifts ye had but gambled 'em away | N |
| An' schemed to make a mockery of many a fruitful day ' | - |
| I tell yeh man 'twas not the wind I heard him at my door | A |
| An' ne'er a dropp inside o' me save maybe three or four ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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