Middleton's Rouseabout Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CDC EEEE FAFA CACA AAAA EEEE| Tall and freckled and sandy | A |
| Face of a country lout | B |
| This was the picture of Andy | A |
| Middleton's Rouseabout | A |
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| Type of a coming nation | C |
| In the land of cattle and sheep | D |
| Worked on Middleton's station | C |
| Pound a week and his keep ' | - |
| - | |
| On Middleton's wide dominions | E |
| Plied the stockwhip and shears | E |
| Hadn't any opinions | E |
| Hadn't any idears' | E |
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| Swiftly the years went over | F |
| Liquor and drought prevailed | A |
| Middleton went as a drover | F |
| After his station had failed | A |
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| Type of a careless nation | C |
| Men who are soon played out | A |
| Middleton was and his station | C |
| Was bought by the Rouseabout | A |
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| Flourishing beard and sandy | A |
| Tall and robust and stout | A |
| This is the picture of Andy | A |
| Middleton's Rouseabout | A |
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| Now on his own dominions | E |
| Works with his overseers | E |
| Hasn't any opinions | E |
| Hasn't any idears' | E |
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