As It Was In The Beginning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBB DDBB EEBB| As it was in the beginning so we ll find it in the end | A |
| For a lover or a brother or a sweetheart or a friend | A |
| As it was in the beginning so we ll find it by and bye | B |
| When weak women hug their babies and strong men go out to die | B |
| As tis written now or spoken so we ll find it yet in deed | C |
| For their State or for their Country for their Honour or their Creed | C |
| For the love of Right or hatred for the Everlasting Lie | B |
| When the women think of some things and strong men go out to die | B |
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| As it used to be in past times in the future so it must | D |
| We shall find him stretching forward with his face down in the dust | D |
| All his wounds in front and hidden blood to earth and back to sky | B |
| When pale women pray in private and strong men go out to die | B |
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| Rebels all we are and brothers rebels to the laws we make | E |
| Rich or poor or fat or lean man fighting for another s sake | E |
| It is all as God decreed it we shall find it by and bye | B |
| When our girls disguised in boys clothes go to die where strong men die | B |
Henry Lawson
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