The Genesis Of Gloom [australian Variety] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHIJJ KLMMNN DDOOPQ RRSSTTU| Once upon a time in days remote | A |
| A politician bought a vote | A |
| The price he paid is not quite clear | B |
| But probably a pot of beer | B |
| Secured his end But he got in | C |
| So folk excused this venial sin | C |
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| Now if the thing had stayed right there | D |
| We might have dodged a load of care | D |
| But pots of beer soon failed to serve | E |
| The candidate of dash and nerve | E |
| And with cold cynicism came | F |
| The urge to organise the Game | F |
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| Soon the political machine | G |
| Beheld the profit it might glean | G |
| Thro' gifts spread thro' electorates | H |
| To help the 'Outs' the 'Ins' frustrate | I |
| While shrewd 'Ins' not to be outdone | J |
| Increased the offers two to one | J |
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| Later the craftiest M P 's | K |
| Perceived that loans from overseas | L |
| Might help them hand out cakes and ale | M |
| Upon a most colossal scale | M |
| And Parties with each other vied | N |
| To spread their largesse far and wide | N |
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| Railways were built from here to there | D |
| That served no purpose anywhere | D |
| And public works that did not pay | O |
| Like mushrooms sprouted in a day | O |
| With promises were issues fought | P |
| And whole electorates were bought | Q |
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| Millions and yet more millions flowed | R |
| To go the same old easy road | R |
| Till with a dearth of easy cash | S |
| The game was up and came the crash | S |
| 'Tis pitiful but there you are | T |
| With pots of beer in some back bar | T |
| This evil had its genesis | U |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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