Broken Axletree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCCCC DDCC EECC| On the Track of Grand Endeavour on the long track out to Bourke | A |
| Past the Turn Back and past Howlong and the pub at Sudden Jerk | A |
| Past old Bullock Yoke and Bog Flat and the Pinch at Stick to me | B |
| Lies the camp that we have christened christened Broken Axletree | C |
| We were young and strong and fearless we had not seen Mount Despair | C |
| And the West was to be conquered and we meant to do our share | C |
| We were far away from cities and were fairly off the spree | C |
| When we camped at Cart Wheel River with a broken axletree | C |
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| Oh the pub at Devil s Crossing and the woman that he sent | D |
| And the hell for which we bartered horse and trap and traps and tent | D |
| And the black Since Then the chances that we never more may see | C |
| Ah the two lives that were ruined for a broken axletree | C |
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| Fate is but a Cart Wheel River placed to test us by the Lord | E |
| And the Star of Live Forever shines beyond At Blacksmith s Ford | E |
| Shun all fatalists and isms heed no talk of destiny | C |
| Ride a race for life to Blacksmith s with your broken axletree | C |
Henry Lawson
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