Grace Jennings Carmicheal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGFGF HIJIKLKL MIMINONO| I hate the pen the foolscap fair | A |
| The poet s corner and the page | B |
| For Grief and Death are written there | A |
| In every land and every age | B |
| The poets sing and play their parts | C |
| Their daring cheers their humour shines | D |
| But ah my friends their broken hearts | C |
| Have writ in blood between the lines | D |
| They fought to build a Commonwealth | E |
| They write for women and for men | F |
| They give their youth we give their health | E |
| And never prostitute the pen | F |
| Their work in other tongues is read | G |
| And when sad years wear out the pen | F |
| Then they may seek their happy dead | G |
| Or go and starve in exile then | F |
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| A grudging meed of praise you give | H |
| Or your excuse the ready lie | I |
| O God you don t know how they live | J |
| O God you don t know how they die | I |
| The poetess whose gentle tone | K |
| Oft cheered your mothers hearts when down | L |
| A lonely woman fought alone | K |
| The bitter fight in London town | L |
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| Your rich to lilac lands resort | M |
| And old world luxuries they buy | I |
| You pour out gold to Cant and Sport | M |
| And give a million to a lie | I |
| You give to cheats who rant and rave | N |
| With eyes that glare and arms that whirl | O |
| But not a penny that might save | N |
| The children of the Gippsland girl | O |
Henry Lawson
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