The Last Sundowner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKKKHDHD LKLKMNMN HHHHHOHO ABABHPHP| He sat upon a fallen log | A |
| And heaved a long deep sigh | B |
| His gnarled hand fondling his old dog | A |
| As his gaze went to the sky | B |
| There goes another pane said he | C |
| A soarin' roarin' pest | D |
| They robs a man of privacy | C |
| An' motor cars of rest | D |
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| Sundownin' ain't the game ut was | E |
| Since men have took to wings | F |
| An' life grows narrer jist because | G |
| Of plans an' cars an' things | F |
| For the planes have pinched me privit skies | H |
| An' the cars have grabbed me earth | I |
| An' all the news by wireless flies | H |
| So what's sundownin' worth | I |
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| Time was when I could sit me down | J |
| Where man had left no sign | K |
| An' earth an' sky for miles aroun' | K |
| For that one hour was mine | K |
| And I could sit an' think me thorts | H |
| An' watch the sun go west | D |
| Without no crazy ingine's snorts | H |
| To break into me rest | D |
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| And as the afternoon grew late | L |
| I'd seek the haunts of men | K |
| An' at some lonely homestead gate | L |
| I'd have sure welcome then | K |
| An' tucker bags were gladly filled | M |
| And rest found for my back | N |
| In change for bits of news I spilled | M |
| And gossip of the track | N |
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| But now that wireless spreads its lies | H |
| From this and other lands | H |
| They look on me with hard cold eyes | H |
| An' give with grudgin' hands | H |
| It's them that has to give me news | H |
| And when I seek some wide | O |
| Once silent scene planes spoil me views | H |
| An' cars honk me aside | O |
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| He sat upon a fallen log | A |
| And heaved a long deep sigh | B |
| We're agein' me an' my ole dog | A |
| An' old things have to die | B |
| Sundownin's dead men's minds an' ways | H |
| Is changin' with a jerk | P |
| Seems like I'll have to end me days | H |
| Travellin' in search of work | P |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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