Henry Kendall

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The Warrigal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ SCECTUVW XYZYA2B2C2B2 D2E2F2E2G2H2I2H2

The warrigal's lair is pent in bareA
Black rocks at the gorge's mouthB
It is set in ways where Summer straysC
With the sprites of flame and drouthB
But when the heights are touched with lightsD
Of hoar frost sleet and shineE
His bed is made of the dead grass bladeF
And the leaves of the windy pineE
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Through forest boles the storm wind rollsG
Vext of the sea driv'n rainH
And up in the clift through many a riftI
The voices of torrents complainH
The sad marsh fowl and the lonely owlJ
Are heard in the fog wreaths greyK
When the warrigal wakes and listens and takesL
To the woods that shelter the preyK
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In the gully deeps the blind creek sleepsM
And the silver showery moonN
Glides over the hills and floats and fillsO
And dreams in the dark lagoonN
While halting hard by the station yardP
Aghast at the hut flame nighQ
The warrigal yells and flats and fellsR
Are loud with his dismal cryQ
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On the topmost peak of mountains bleakS
The south wind sobs and straysC
Through moaning pine and turpentineE
And the rippling runnel waysC
And strong streams flow and great mists goT
Where the warrigal starts to hearU
The watch dog's bark break sharp in the darkV
And flees like a phantom of fearW
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The swift rains beat and the thunders fleetX
On the wings of the fiery galeY
And down in the glen of pool and fenZ
The wild gums whistle and wailY
As over the plains and past the chainsA2
Of waterholes glimmering deepB2
The warrigal flies from the shepherd's criesC2
And the clamour of dogs and sheepB2
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He roves through the lands of sultry sandsD2
He hunts in the iron rangeE2
Untamed as surge of the far sea vergeF2
And fierce and fickle and strangeE2
The white man's track and the haunts of the blackG2
He shuns and shudders to seeH2
For his joy he tastes in lonely wastesI2
Where his mates are torrent and treeH2

Henry Kendall



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