The Traveller Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAA CCAADC AAAAAA EBAABE AADDAA| As I rode in to Burrumbeet | A |
| I met a man with funny feet | A |
| And when I paused to ask him why | B |
| His feet were strange he rolled his eye | B |
| And said the rain would spoil the wheat | A |
| So I rode on to Burrumbeet | A |
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| As I rode in to Beetaloo | C |
| I met a man whose nose was blue | C |
| And when I asked him how he got | A |
| A nose like that he answered What | A |
| Do bullocks mean when they say 'Moo' | D |
| So I rode on to Beetaloo | C |
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| As I rode in to Ballarat | A |
| I met a man who wore no hat | A |
| And when I said he might take cold | A |
| He cried The hills are quite as old | A |
| As yonder plains but not so flat | A |
| So I rode on to Ballarat | A |
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| As I rode in to Gundagai | E |
| I met a man and passed him by | B |
| Without a nod without a word | A |
| He turned and said he'd never heard | A |
| Or seen a man so wise as I | B |
| But I rode on to Gundagai | E |
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| As I rode homeward full of doubt | A |
| I met a stranger riding out | A |
| A foolish man he seemed to me | D |
| But Nay I am yourself said he | D |
| Just as you were when you rode out | A |
| So I rode homeward free of doubt | A |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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