West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDD CEFGEH IJK JLL FMCCMNL OPQQPPP OLRRLSS SPPPPGG TLPPNTU PGPPGOO FU GUUU FV U W XYTTYGF UUZZUA2 B2C2YYC2N| 'I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime | A |
| I'm mad to 'ave things clean | B |
| I've seen so much uv death ' 'e said | C |
| 'So many cobbers lyin' dead | C |
| You won't know wot I mean | B |
| But lad I've 'ad so much uv strife | D |
| I want things straightened in my life | D |
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| 'I've seen so much uv 'ate ' 'e said | C |
| 'Mad 'ate an' silly rage | E |
| I'm yearnin' for clear thoughts ' said 'e | F |
| 'Kindness an' love seem good to me | G |
| I want a new white page | E |
| To start all over clean an' good | H |
| An' live me life as reel men should ' | - |
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| We're sittin' talkin' by the fence | I |
| The sun's jist going' down | J |
| Paintin' the sky all gold an' pink | K |
| Said 'e 'When it's like that I think ' | - |
| An' then 'e stops to frown | J |
| Said 'e 'I think when it's jist so | L |
| Uv God or somethin' I dunno | L |
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| 'I ain't seen much uv God ' said 'e | F |
| 'Not here nor Over There | M |
| But partly wot I've seen an' read | C |
| An' partly wot the padre said | C |
| It gits me when I stare | M |
| Out West when it's like that is now | N |
| There must be somethin' else some'ow | L |
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| 'I've thought a lot ' said Digger Smith | O |
| 'Out There I thought a lot | P |
| I thought uv death an' all the rest | Q |
| An' uv me mates good mates gone West | Q |
| An' it ain't much I've got | P |
| But things get movin' in me 'ead | P |
| When I look over there ' 'e said | P |
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| 'E's got me beat 'as little Smith | O |
| I knoo 'im years ago | L |
| I knoo 'im as a reel tough boy | R |
| 'Oo roughed it up with 'oly joy | R |
| But now well I dunno | L |
| An' when I ask Mar Flood she sighs | S |
| An' sez 'e's got the Anzac eyes | S |
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| She sez 'e's got them soldier's eyes | S |
| That makes 'er own eyes wet | P |
| An' we must give 'im wholesome food | P |
| An' lead 'is thoughts to somethin' good | P |
| An' never let 'im fret | P |
| But 'e ain't frettin' seems to me | G |
| More puzzled fur as I can see | G |
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| The clouds above the hills was tore | T |
| Apart until some'ow | L |
| It seemed like some big shinin' gate | P |
| Said 'e 'Why lad I tell yeh straight | P |
| I feel like startin' now | N |
| An' walking on an' on an' thro' | T |
| Dead game an' ain't it so to you | U |
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| 'I've seen enough uv pain ' 'e said | P |
| 'An' cursin' killin' 'ordes | G |
| I ain't the man to smooge with God | P |
| To get to 'Eaven on the nod | P |
| Or 'owl 'ymns for rewards | G |
| But this believin' Why Oh 'Struth | O |
| This never 'it me in me youth | O |
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| 'They talk uv love 'twixt men ' said 'e | F |
| 'That sounds dead crook to you | U |
| But lately I 'ave come to see ' | - |
| ''Old on ' I said 'it seems to me | G |
| There's love uv women too | U |
| An' you ' 'E turns away 'is 'ead | U |
| 'I'm only 'alf a man ' 'e said | U |
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| 'I've seen so much uv death ' said 'e | F |
| 'Me mind is in a whirl | V |
| I've 'ad so many thoughts uv late ' | - |
| Said I 'Now tell me tell me straight | U |
| Own up ain't there a girl ' | - |
| Said 'e 'I've done the best I can | W |
| Wot does she want with 'arf a man ' | - |
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| It weren't no use 'E wouldn't talk | X |
| Uv nothin' but that sky | Y |
| Said 'e 'Now dinkum talking square | T |
| When you git gazin' over there | T |
| Don't you 'arf want to cry | Y |
| I wouldn't be surprised to see | G |
| An angel comin' out ' said 'e | F |
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| 'Gone West ' said Digger Smith 'Ah lad | U |
| I've seen them goin' West | U |
| An' often wonder when I look | Z |
| If they 'ave 'ad it dealt 'em crook | Z |
| Or if they've got the rest | U |
| They earned twice over by the spell | A2 |
| They spent down in that dinkum 'Ell ' | - |
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| The gold was creepin' up the sun | B2 |
| Was 'arf be'ind the range | C2 |
| It don't seem strange a man should cry | Y |
| To see that glory in the sky | Y |
| To me it don't seem strange | C2 |
| 'Digger ' said 'e 'Look at it now | N |
| There must be somethin' else some 'ow ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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