The Wild Kangaroo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGFGGF HIJIKLKLMFNFNNF OPQPRSRSTFAFAAF UVUVWXYXZVVFVVF

The rain clouds have gone to the deepA
The East like a furnace doth glowB
And the day spring is flooding the steepA
And sheening the landscape belowB
Oh ye who are gifted with soulsC
That delight in the music of birdsD
Come forth where the scattered mist rollsC
And listen to eloquent wordsD
Oh ye who are fond of the sportE
And would travel yon wilderness throughF
Gather each to his place for a life stirring chaseG
In the wake of the wild KangarooF
Gather each to his placeG
For a life stirring chaseG
In the wake of the wild KangarooF
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Beyond the wide rents of the fogH
The trees are illumined with goldI
And the bark of the shepherd's brave dogJ
Shoots away from the sheltering foldI
Down the depths of yon rock border'd gladeK
A torrent goes foaming alongL
And the blind owls retire into shadeK
And the bell bird beginneth its songL
By the side of that yawning abyssM
Where the vapours are hurrying toF
We will merrily pass looking down to the grassN
For the tracks of the wild KangarooF
We will merrily passN
Looking down to the grassN
For the tracks of the wild KangarooF
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Ho brothers away to the woodsO
Euroka hath clambered the hillP
But the morning there seldom intrudesQ
Where the night shadows slumber on stillP
We will roam o'er these forest lands wildR
And thread the dark masses of vinesS
Where the winds like the voice of a childR
Are singing aloft in the pinesS
We must keep down the glee of our houndsT
We must steal through the glittering dewF
And the breezes shall sleep as we cautiously creepA
To the haunts of the wild KangarooF
And the breezes shall sleepA
As we cautiously creepA
To the haunts of the wild KangarooF
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When we pass through a stillness like deathU
The swamp fowl and timorous quailV
Like the leaves in a hurricane's breathU
Will start from their nests in the valeV
And the forester snuffing the airW
Will bound from his covert so darkX
While we follow along in the rearY
As arrows speed on to their markX
Then the swift hounds shall bring him to bayZ
And we'll send forth a hearty hallooV
As we gather them all to be in at the fallV
At the death of the wild KangarooF
As we gather them allV
To be in at the fallV
At the death of the wild KangarooF

Henry Kendall



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