Days When We Went Swimming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DEDEFGHG IEJEDKDK LEEEEBMB NNNNENEN

The breezes waved the silver grassA
Waist high along the sidingB
And to the creek we ne'er could passA
Three boys on bare back ridingB
Beneath the sheoaks in the bendC
The waterhole was brimmingB
Do you remember yet old friendC
The times we went in swimmingB
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The days we played the wag from schoolD
Joys shared and paid for singlyE
The air was hot the water coolD
And naked boys are kinglyE
With mud for soap the sun to dryF
A well planned lie to stay usG
And dust well rubbed on neck and faceH
Lest cleanliness betray usG
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And you'll remember farmer KutzI
Though scarcely for his bountyE
He leased a forty acre blockJ
And thought he owned the countyE
A farmer of the old world schoolD
That grew men hard and grim inK
He drew his water from the poolD
That we preferred to swim inK
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And do you mind when down the creekL
His angry way he wendedE
A green hide cartwhip in his handE
For our young backs intendedE
Three naked boys upon the sandE
Half buried and half sunningB
Three startled boys without their clothesM
Across the paddocks runningB
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We've had some scares but we looked blankN
When resting there and chummingN
One glanced by chance upon the bankN
And saw the farmer comingN
And home impressions linger yetE
Of cups of sorrow brimmingN
I hardly think that we'll forgetE
The last day we went swimmingN

Henry Lawson



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