Saint Peter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC CCCC DDEE CCFF CCCC| Now I think there is a likeness 'twixt St Peter's life and mine | A |
| For he did a lot of trampin' long ago in Palestine | A |
| He was 'union' when the workers first began to organize | B |
| And I'm glad that old St Peter keeps the gate of Paradise | C |
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| When the ancient agitator and his brothers carried swags | C |
| I've no doubt he very often tramped with empty tucker bags | C |
| And I'm glad he's Heaven's picket for I hate explainin' things | C |
| And he'll think a union ticket just as good as Whitely King's | C |
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| When I reach the great head station which is somewhere 'off the track' | D |
| I won't want to talk with angels who have never been out back | D |
| They might bother me with offers of a banjo meanin' well | E |
| And a pair of wings to fly with when I only want a spell | E |
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| I'll just ask for old St Peter and I think when he appears | C |
| I will only have to tell him that I carried swag for years | C |
| 'I've been on the track ' I'll tell him 'an' I done the best I could' | F |
| And he'll understand me better than the other angels would | F |
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| He won't try to get a chorus out of lungs that's worn to rags | C |
| Or to graft the wings on shoulders that is stiff with humpin' swags | C |
| But I'll rest about the station where the work bell never rings | C |
| Till they blow the final trumpet and the Great Judge sees to things | C |
Henry Lawson
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