Sheoaks That Sigh When The Wind Is Still Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB ACACC ABABB ABABABB| Why are the sheoaks forever sighing | A |
| Sheoaks that sigh when the wind is still | B |
| Why are the dead hopes forever dying | A |
| Dead hopes that died and are with us still | B |
| As you make it and what you will | B |
| - | |
| Why are the ridges forever waiting | A |
| Ridges that waited ere one man came | C |
| Still by the towns with their life vibrating | A |
| Lonely ridges that wait the same | C |
| Ridges and gullies without a name | C |
| - | |
| Why is the strong heart forever peering | A |
| Into the future that speaks no ill | B |
| Why is the kind heart forever cheering | A |
| Even at times when the fears are still | B |
| As you make it and what you will | B |
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| Why is the distance forever drawing | A |
| The wide horizon is round us still | B |
| Why is resentment forever gnawing | A |
| Against a world that may mean no ill | B |
| Why are so many forever sawing | A |
| On strings that rasp and can never thrill Soothe or thrill | B |
| As you make it and what you will | B |
Henry Lawson
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