Struck It At Last Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDF GHIHDHDH JKJKHHHH ILILHHHH JMJMJHJ JHJHDHD HHHHIH H

He was almost blind and wastedA
With the wear of many yearsB
He had laboured and had tastedA
Bitter troubles many caresC
But his laugh was loud and ringingD
And his flag was on the mastE
Every day they heard him singingD
'Bound to strike it rich at last 'F
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Here he brandished axe and maul ereG
Buninyong and after thatH
Fought and bled with Peter LalorI
And the boys at BallaratH
East and west and northward strivingD
As the tides set fresh and fastH
Ever trying rarely thrivingD
Yes he'd strike it rich at lastH
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Now and then she'd pan out snuglyJ
Mostly all the other wayK
But he never cut up uglyJ
When he bottomed on the clayK
Never cursed or got disgustedH
Mourned the days and chances pastH
Geordie always hoped and trustedH
He would strike it rich at lastH
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If the days were very dull orI
When the store men cut up roughL
And he couldn't raise a colourI
From a cart load of the stuffL
No man found him chicken heartedH
He'd no time to bang and blastH
Pegged her out again and startedH
Bound to strike it rich at lastH
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Blinded by a shot in EightyJ
Sinking for the Pegleg ReefM
If he sorrowed o'er his fate heJ
Let no mortal see his griefM
In the Home there in the cityJ
Geordie won their favor fastH
All the inmates learned his dittyJ
'Bound to strike it rich at last '-
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When brought low and bowed and hoaryJ
Still his eyes alone were blindH
Fortune left undimmed the gloryJ
Of his happy tranquil mindH
In his heart a flame was glowingD
That defied the roughest blastH
And he sang 'There is no knowingD
Mates I'll strike it rich at last '-
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As the end approached he prattledH
Of old days at BallaratH
And again the windlass rattledH
At Jim Crow and Blanket FlatH
And the nurses heard him mutterI
As his dauntless spirit passedH
'Streak of luck boys On the gutter '-
Geordie struck it rich at lastH

Edward Dyson



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