The Listener Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCC DEDEFGFG HDHDIDID JDJDKGKG| Why certainly Let's listen to the cricket | A |
| Oh I'm quite keen Test match I understand | B |
| At What's that Oh Australia's at the wicket | A |
| South Africa a most intriguing land | B |
| Yes I was there in nineteen let me see | C |
| In nineteen Dear me Memory is so tricky | C |
| Met Cecil Rhodes you know He said to me | C |
| I recollect eh Oh The wicket's sticky | C |
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| Great Cecil Rhodes There was a master mind | D |
| A dreamer yet so practical creative | E |
| South Africa Well well Today I find | D |
| Their urgent problem doubtless is the native | E |
| Zulus you know Basutos In the war | F |
| With Kruger Eh Oh sorry Are they playing | G |
| Really What's all the caterwauling for | F |
| Eagleton out Pity What was I saying | G |
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| Of course yes Africa I've seen it all | H |
| From Jo'burg up thro' Kenya to Fashoda | D |
| One night in Cairo I plainly recall | H |
| Oh thanks A very small one Heaps of soda | D |
| That day I brought my first big lion down | I |
| Wounded you know I thought my time had ended | D |
| Just then Smith fired Beg pardon Brown Who's Brown | I |
| Oh hit another fourer did he Splendid | D |
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| So then the old witch doctor made his magic | J |
| Ghastly Incredible Yet who could doubt | D |
| That's Africa mysterious primal tragic | J |
| Those voodoo rites McCabe Is he yet out | D |
| What Finished have they Thought I missed the din | K |
| Twenty to two It can't be Shocking Shocking | G |
| Thanks for allowing me to listen in | K |
| Enjoyed it too Well I shan't need much rocking | G |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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