After All Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EEDD FGGDD HIHDD JJDD| The brooding ghosts of Australian night have gone from the bush and town | A |
| My spirit revives in the morning breeze | B |
| though it died when the sun went down | A |
| The river is high and the stream is strong | C |
| and the grass is green and tall | D |
| And I fain would think that this world of ours is a good world after all | D |
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| The light of passion in dreamy eyes and a page of truth well read | E |
| The glorious thrill in a heart grown cold of the spirit I thought was dead | E |
| A song that goes to a comrade's heart and a tear of pride let fall | D |
| And my soul is strong and the world to me is a grand world after all | D |
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| Let our enemies go by their old dull tracks | F |
| and theirs be the fault or shame | G |
| The man is bitter against the world who has only himself to blame | G |
| Let the darkest side of the past be dark and only the good recall | D |
| For I must believe that the world my dear is a kind world after all | D |
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| It well may be that I saw too plain and it may be I was blind | H |
| But I'll keep my face to the dawning light | I |
| though the devil may stand behind | H |
| Though the devil may stand behind my back I'll not see his shadow fall | D |
| But read the signs in the morning stars of a good world after all | D |
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| Rest for your eyes are weary girl you have driven the worst away | J |
| The ghost of the man that I might have been is gone from my heart to day | J |
| We'll live for life and the best it brings till our twilight shadows fall | D |
| My heart grows brave and the world my girl is a good world after all | D |
Henry Lawson
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