The Professional Wanderer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGHCCIIFFJJ KK| When you ve knocked about the country been away from home for years | A |
| When the past by distance softened nearly fills your eyes with tears | B |
| You are haunted oft wherever or however you may roam | C |
| By a fancy that you ought to go and see the folks at home | C |
| You forget the family quarrels little things that used to jar | D |
| And you think of how they ll worry how they wonder where you are | D |
| You will think you served them badly and your own part you ll condemn | E |
| And it strikes you that you ll surely be a novelty to them | E |
| For your voice has somewhat altered and your face has somewhat changed | F |
| And your views of men and matters over wider fields have ranged | F |
| Then it s time to save your money or to watch it how it goes | G |
| Then it s time to get a Gladstone and a decent suit of clothes | H |
| Then it s time to practise daily with a hair brush and a comb | C |
| Till you drop in unexpected on the folks and friends at home | C |
| When you ve been at home for some time and the novelty s worn off | I |
| And old chums no longer court you and your friends begin to scoff | I |
| When the girls no longer kiss you crying Jack how you have changed | F |
| When you re stale to your relations and their manner seems estranged | F |
| When the old domestic quarrels round the table thrice a day | J |
| Make it too much like the old times make you wish you d stayed away | J |
| When in short you ve spent your money in the fulness of your heart | K |
| And your clothes are getting shabby Then it s high time to depart | K |
Henry Lawson
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Mark Gartside: First read this when I was a 20 year old wandering through Qld.,I'm 63 now.Still my favourite poem...Thanks Henry
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