Morning In The Bush Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFGHIJKJK ILILMNONPQIQRISI TIKIBIIIIINIUIQI VWIWINXNIYZYIA2B2A2 IC2D2C2E2F2G2F2ZIIIE MEM IE2H2E2IOI2OIIIIEJ2K 2J2

Above the skirts of yellow cloudsA
The god like Sun arrayedB
In blinding splendour swiftly roseC
And looked athwart the gladeB
The sleepy dingo watched him breakD
The bonds that curbed his flightE
And from his golden tresses shakeD
The fading gems of NightE
And wild goburras laughed aloudF
Their merry morning songsG
As Echo answered in the depthsH
With a thousand thousand tonguesI
The gully depths where many a vineJ
Of ancient growth had creptK
To cluster round the hoary pineJ
Where scanty mosses weptK
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Huge stones and damp and broken cragsI
In wild chaotic heapL
Were lying at the barren baseI
Of the ferny hillside steepL
Between those fragments hollows layM
Upfilled with fruitful groundN
Where many a modest floweret grewO
To scent the wind breaths roundN
As fertile patches bloom withinP
A dried and worldly heartQ
When some that look can only seeI
The cold the barren partQ
The Miser full with thoughts of gainR
The meanest of his raceI
May in his breast some verdure hideS
Though none that verdure traceI
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Where time worn cliffs were jutting outT
With rough and ragged edgesI
The snowy mountain lily sleptK
Behind the earthy ledgesI
Like some sweet Oriental MaidB
Who blindly deems it dutyI
To wear a veil before her faceI
And hide her peerless beautyI
Or like to Innocence that thrivesI
In midst of sin and sorrowsI
Nor from the cheerless scene aroundN
The least infection borrowsI
But stayeth out her mortal lifeU
Though in that lifetime lonelyI
With Virtue s lustre round her heartQ
And Virtue s lustre onlyI
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A patch of sunshine here and thereV
Lay on a leaf strewn water poolW
Whose tribute trickled down the rocksI
In gurgling ripples clear and coolW
As iguanas from the cleftsI
Would steal along with rustling soundN
To where the restless eddies roamedX
Amongst the arrowy rushes roundN
While scanning them with angry eyesI
From off a fallen myrtle logY
That branchless bridged the brushy creekZ
There stood and barked a Shepherd s DogY
And underneath a neighbouring massI
Of wattles intertwiningA2
His Master lay his back againstB2
The grassy banks recliningA2
-
Beneath the shade of ironbarksI
Stretched o er the valley s sloping bedC2
Half hidden in a tea tree scrubD2
A flock of dusky sheep were spreadC2
And fitful bleating faintly cameE2
On every joyous breath of windF2
That up the stony hills would flyG2
And leave the hollows far behindF2
Wild tones of music from the CreekZ
Were intermingling with the breezeI
The loud rich lays of countless birdsI
Perched on the dark mimosa treesI
Those merry birds with wings of lightE
Which rival every golden rayM
Out flashing from the lamps of NightE
Or streaming o er the brow of DayM
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Amongst the gnarly apple treesI
A gorgeous tribe of parrots cameE2
And screaming leapt from bough to boughH2
Like living jets of crimson flameE2
And where the hillside growing gumsI
Their web like foliage upward threwO
Old Nature rang with echoes fromI2
The loud voiced mountain cockatooO
And a thousand nameless twittering thingsI
Between the rustling sapling spraysI
Were flashing through the fragrant leavesI
And dancing like to fabled faysI
Rejoicing in the glorious lightE
That beauteous Morning had unfurledJ2
To make the heart of Nature gladK2
And clothe with smiles a weeping WorldJ2

Henry Kendall



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