On The Summit Of Mount Clarence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFGG HHIIJJ| On the summit of Mount Clarence rotting slowly in the air | A |
| Stands a tall and naked flagstaff relic of the Russian scare | A |
| Russian scare that scares no longer for the cry is All is well | B |
| Yet the flagstaff still is standing like a lonely sentinel | C |
| And it watches through the seasons winter's cold and summer's heat | D |
| Watches seaward watches ever for the phantom Russian fleet | D |
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| In a cave among the ridges where the scrub is tall and thick | E |
| With no human being near him dwells a wretched lunatic | E |
| On Mount Clarence in the morning he will fix his burning eyes | F |
| And he scans the sea and watches for the signal flag to rise | F |
| In his ears the roar of cannon and the sound of battle drums | G |
| While he cleans his gun and watches for the foe that never comes | G |
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| And they say at dreary nightfall when the storms are howling round | H |
| Comes a phantom ship to anchor in the waters of the Sound | H |
| And the lunatic who sees it wakes the landscape with his whoops | I |
| Loads his gun and marches seaward at the head of airy troops | I |
| To the summit of Mount Clarence leads them on with martial tread | J |
| Fires his gun and sends the Russians to the mustering of the dead | J |
Henry Lawson
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