Interlude - A Dirge Of Joy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGG HIBB JJKK| Oh this is a joyful dirge my friends and this is a hymn of praise | A |
| And this is a clamour of Victory and a p an of Ancient Days | A |
| It isn't a Yelp of the Battlefield nor a Howl of the Bounding Wave | B |
| But an ode to the Things that the War has Killed and a lay of the Festive Grave | B |
| 'Tis a triolet of the Tomb you bet and a whoop because of Despair | C |
| And it's sung as I stand on my hoary head and wave my legs in the air | C |
| Oh I dance on the grave of the Suffragette I dance on my hands and dome | D |
| And the Sanctity of the Marriage Tie and the Breaking Up of the Home | D |
| And I dance on the grave of the weird White Slave that died when the war began | E |
| And Better Protection for Women and Girls and Men Made Laws for Man | E |
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| Oh I dance on the Liberal Lady's grave and the Labour Woman's too | F |
| And the grave of the Female lie and shriek with a dance that is wild and new | F |
| And my only regret in this song a let as I dance over dale and hill | G |
| Is the Yarn of the Wife and the Tale of the Girl that never a war can kill | G |
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| Oh I dance on the grave of the want ter write and I dance on the Tomb of the Sneer | H |
| And poet and author and critic too who used to be great round here | I |
| But Old Mother Often Mother of Ten and Parent escaped from the grave | B |
| And Pro Bono Publico liveth again as Victis or Honour the Brave | B |
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| Oh lightly I danced upon Politics' grave where the Friend of the Candidate slept | J |
| And over the Female Political Devil oh wildly I bounded and leapt | J |
| But this dance shall be nothing compared with the dance of the spook of the writer who sings | K |
| On the grave of the bard and the Bulletin's grave out there at the Finish of Things | K |
Henry Lawson
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