I'd Back Agen The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEEGFG HICICJFE GEFE KLMLKNON NEFE HPMPHQRQ QGFG SCHCTUVU VGFGShe's not like an empress | A |
And crowned with raven hair | B |
She is not pert an' bonny | C |
Nor winsome wee an' fair | B |
But when a man's in trouble | D |
And darkest shadows fall | E |
She's just a little woman | F |
I'd back against them all | E |
I'd back against them all | E |
When friends on rocks are hurled | G |
Oh she's the little woman | F |
I'd back against the world | G |
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She has her little temper | H |
As all the world can know | I |
When things are running smoothly | C |
She sometimes lets it go | I |
But when the sea is stormy | C |
And clouds are like a pall | J |
Oh she's the little woman | F |
I'd back against them all | E |
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I'd back against the world | G |
When darkest shadows fall | E |
Oh she's the little woman | F |
I'd back against them all | E |
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She's had to stand at business | K |
Till she was fit to drop | L |
She has to count the pennies | M |
When she goes to the shop | L |
She has no land or terrace | K |
Nor money in the bank | N |
And save what's in her ownself | O |
No influence nor rank | N |
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No influence nor rank | N |
While darker shadows fall | E |
Oh she's a little woman | F |
I'd back against them all | E |
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It will not last for ever | H |
As old time goes his rounds | P |
Where now she counts the pennies | M |
She yet shall count the pounds | P |
And those who laugh to see her | H |
Or pass her unawares | Q |
Shall stand beside her motor car | R |
And bow her up the stairs | Q |
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And bow her up the stairs | Q |
When foes on rocks are hurled | G |
For she's the little woman | F |
I'll back against the world | G |
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Or may I slave in prisons | S |
In mental misery | C |
And no one write a letter | H |
And no one visit me | C |
And may I rot with paupers | T |
A ditch without a stone | U |
My work be never quoted | V |
And my grave be never known | U |
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My work be never quoted | V |
When friends on rocks are hurled | G |
Ah she's a little woman | F |
I'd back against the world | G |
Henry Lawson
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