The Other Gum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFG HIJIKLKLFGFG| Well Boory I have read your grin | A |
| And listened to your whine | B |
| I only wish you d sent it in | A |
| Before I printed mine | B |
| You see I never meant to hit | C |
| The new chum Jackaroo | D |
| I only tried to write a skit | C |
| On poets such as you | E |
| We re sinners all the world knows that | F |
| But damned mean sinners some | G |
| The possum you are barking at | F |
| is up the other gum | G |
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| But sneer in safety if you choose | H |
| I ve no hand in the game | I |
| I will not fight the crawlers who s | J |
| Afraid to sign his name | I |
| I never strike without a mark | K |
| Tis safer in the end | L |
| For he who hits back in the dark | K |
| Might chance to hurt a friend | L |
| The game is stale your jokes are flat | F |
| You might as well be dumb | G |
| The possum you are howling at | F |
| Is up another gum | G |
Henry Lawson
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