The Curlew Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEFFE GHIHEEJEJJE KLMLNEOEPOE QNRNSETETTE ABCBDEFEFFE| The viewless blast flies moaning past | A |
| Away to the forest trees | B |
| Where giant pines and leafless vines | C |
| Bend 'neath the wandering breeze | B |
| From ferny streams unearthly screams | D |
| Are heard in the midnight blue | E |
| As afar they roam to the shepherd's home | F |
| The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
| As afar they roam | F |
| To the shepherd's home | F |
| The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
| - | |
| The mists are curled o'er a dark faced world | G |
| And the shadows sleep around | H |
| Where the clear lagoon reflects the moon | I |
| In her hazy glory crowned | H |
| While dingoes howl and wake the growl | E |
| Of the watchdog brave and true | E |
| Whose loud rough bark shoots up in the dark | J |
| With the song of the lone Curlew | E |
| Whose loud rough bark | J |
| Shoots up in the dark | J |
| With the song of the lone Curlew | E |
| - | |
| Near herby banks the dark green ranks | K |
| Of the rushes stoop to drink | L |
| And the ripples chime in a measured time | M |
| On the smooth and mossy brink | L |
| As wind breaths sigh and pass and die | N |
| To start from the swamps anew | E |
| And join again o'er ridge and plain | O |
| With the wails of the sad Curlew | E |
| And join again | P |
| O'er ridge and plain | O |
| With the wails of the sad Curlew | E |
| - | |
| The clouds are thrown around the cone | Q |
| Of the mountain bare and high | N |
| Whose craggy peak uprears to the cheek | R |
| To the face of the sombre sky | N |
| When down beneath the foggy wreath | S |
| Full many a gully through | E |
| They rend the air like cries of despair | T |
| The screams of the wild Curlew | E |
| They rend the air | T |
| Like cries of despair | T |
| The screams of the wild Curlew | E |
| - | |
| The viewless blast flies moaning past | A |
| Away to the forest trees | B |
| Where giant pines and leafless vines | C |
| Bend 'neath the wandering breeze | B |
| From ferny streams unearthly screams | D |
| Are heard in the midnight blue | E |
| As afar they roam to the shepherd's home | F |
| The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
| As afar they roam | F |
| To the shepherd's home | F |
| The shrieks of the wild Curlew | E |
Henry Kendall
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