The Lyre-tailed Menura Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD EFEFGHGGH IJKJLMLLM NENMOPOOQ| Far in the forest depths I dwell | A |
| The master mimic of them all | B |
| To pour from out my secret dell | A |
| Echo of many a bushland call | B |
| That over all the forest spills | C |
| Echo of many a birdland note | D |
| When out about the timbered hills | C |
| Sounds all that borrowed lore that fills | C |
| My magic throat | D |
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| I am the artist Songs to me | E |
| From all this gay green land are sped | F |
| And when the wondrous canopy | E |
| Of my great fronded tail is spread | F |
| A glorious veil at even's hush | G |
| Above my head I do my part | H |
| Then wren and robin finch and thrush | G |
| All are re echoed in a rush | G |
| Of perfect art | H |
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| Here by my regal throne of state | I |
| To serve me for a swift retreat | J |
| The little runways radiate | K |
| And when the tread of alien feet | J |
| Draws near I vanish ever prone | L |
| To quick alarm when aught offends | M |
| That secret ritual of the throne | L |
| My songs are for my mate alone | L |
| And favoured friends | M |
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| I am the artist None may find | N |
| In all the world a match for me | E |
| Rare feathered loveliness combined | N |
| With such enchanting minstrelsy | M |
| In a land vocal with gay song | O |
| I choose whate'er I may require | P |
| I wait I listen all day long | O |
| Then to the music of a throng | O |
| I tune my lyre | Q |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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