The Men Who Sleep With Danger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAEFGFGAHAHAICI JKCKALMLNOAOAPQPJRPR ACLCASPTUVWVXPYPAOMO PZA2ZAB2C2B2D2E2ME2D 2LALNPF2PAYD2YPG2AG2The men who camp with Danger | A |
Are mostly quiet men | B |
And one may use a rifle | C |
And one may use a pen | B |
And one may strap a camera | D |
In deserts to his bike | E |
But men who sleep with Danger | A |
Are pretty much alike | E |
To men in places pleasant | F |
Or in the barren West | G |
There s Danger ever present | F |
A half unheeded guest | G |
But thoughtful for the stranger | A |
The timid or the weak | H |
The men who camp with Danger | A |
Keep watch but do not speak | H |
The men who go with Danger | A |
Are mostly dreamy eyed | I |
Upon the swooping fo c sle | C |
Or by the camp fire side | I |
And when they sit in darkness | J |
To show us where they are | K |
The glowing of a pipe bowl | C |
And often a cigar | K |
The men who camp with Danger | A |
Have quiet humour too | L |
And songs that you ve forgotten | M |
And real good yarns for you | L |
There s little you can tell them | N |
Of yourself or your own | O |
That men who ve lived with Danger | A |
Have never felt or known | O |
The men who sleep with Danger | A |
Sleep soundly while they may | P |
But always wake at midnight | Q |
Or just before the day | P |
A something in the darkness | J |
That shudders at the dawn | R |
A side mate softly wakened | P |
A rifle swiftly drawn | R |
The men who sail with Danger | A |
As actors are ideal | C |
They lightly laugh to fool you | L |
When Danger s very real | C |
The men who sail with Danger | A |
A wondrous insight have | S |
They know if you are timid | P |
They know if you are brave | T |
The stewards set the tables | U |
With careless practised care | V |
And take accustomed comforts | W |
To sea sick cabins there | V |
They knock at doors of state rooms | X |
With broth and tea and toast | P |
While well they know it s touch and go | Y |
And death sits on the coast | P |
The man who lives with Danger | A |
Has knowledge all his own | O |
The instinct of a woman | M |
Of men who fight alone | O |
He learns from peace and comfort | P |
He learns from care and strife | Z |
Unwittingly from all things | A2 |
And from his native wife | Z |
The men who live with Danger | A |
See sermons in a log | B2 |
They have the nerves of horses | C2 |
The instincts of a dog | B2 |
When illness comes to loved ones | D2 |
They know where er they roam | E2 |
Have you seen without for reason | M |
A farther start for home | E2 |
They know and feel our 'warnings' | D2 |
As only Gipsies do | L |
They know the Norse Vardoger | A |
They hear and see it too | L |
They know when death has passed them | N |
And the death watch is at end | P |
They know when he is coming | F2 |
The Unexpected Friend | P |
The men who live with Danger | A |
They take things as they go | Y |
In seeming unpreparedness | D2 |
To those who do not know | Y |
They sleep when they have toiled and laughed | P |
And fought for someone s sake | G2 |
But Danger whispers in their ear | A |
And they are wide awake | G2 |
Henry Lawson
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