Over The Ranges And Into The West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEBB FFGG| Let others sing praise of their sea girted isles | A |
| But give me the bush with its limitless miles | A |
| Then it s over the ranges and into the West | B |
| To the scenes of wild boyhood we love them the best | B |
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| We ll ride and we ll ride from the city afar | C |
| To the plains where the cattle and sheep stations are | C |
| Where stockmen ride hard and the drover starts forth | D |
| On his long lonely journey way up in the North | D |
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| When your money is low and your luck has gone down | E |
| There s no place so lone as the streets of a town | E |
| There s nothing but worry and dread and unrest | B |
| So we ll over the ranges and into the West | B |
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| The drought in the West may spread ruin around | F |
| But the dread drought of life in the city is found | F |
| And I d far sooner tread on the long dusty way | G |
| Where each one you meet says Good day mate good day | G |
Henry Lawson
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