Yarrawonga Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG GGHHIJKK LLMMNNOO| Yarrawonga by herself | A |
| Lived too long upon a shelf | A |
| She a stolid farmer's wife | B |
| Far remote from modern strife | B |
| Drowsily beside her door | C |
| Dreamed of hectic days long o'er | D |
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| Yarrawonga dreamed in peace | E |
| Watched her flocks and herds increase | E |
| Drugged by wealth she sleepier grew | F |
| Scorned the strenuous and new | F |
| Scorned all haste and modern ways | G |
| Yet oozed contentment all her days | G |
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| Yarrawonga now awakes | G |
| And a sudden interest takes | G |
| In the schemes of eagr men | H |
| Who'd restore her youth again | H |
| Who'd renew a youth half lost | I |
| And at her contentment's cost | J |
| Bring life giving waters down | K |
| To rejuvenate her town | K |
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| Yarrawonga soon shall be | L |
| Resting in an inland sea | L |
| Gazing on a man made lake | M |
| That new fruitfulness hall wake | M |
| O'er wide fields where drought has spread | N |
| Vague alarm and sudden dread | N |
| Then shall Yarrawonga know | O |
| The dignity of years ago | O |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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