The Soldier Birds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ STUTVWXW YZA2ZZCB2C C2D2E2D2F2G2A2G2 UH2I2H2BD2GD2 J2K2L2M2D2G2N2G2 O2P2Q2P2Q2R2M2R2 I2S2ZS2I2T2TT2 M2CU2CV2W2PW2 X2Y2X2Y2Z2A3B3B2 LC3ZC3LCPC

I mind the river from Mount FromeA
To Ballanshantie s BridgeB
The Mudgee Hills and BuckarooC
Lowe s Peak and Granite RidgeB
The tailers in the creek beneathD
The rugged she oak bolesE
The river cod where shallows linkedF
The willowed water holesE
I mind the blacksoil river flatsG
The red soil levels tooH
The sidings where below the scrubI
The golden wattles grewH
The track that ran by Tierney s GapJ
The dusk and ghost alarmsK
The glorious morning on the hillsL
And all the German farmsK
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I mind the blue grey gully bushM
The slab and shingle schoolN
The soldier birds that picked the crumbsO
Beneath the infants stoolN
Ah did those little soldier birdsP
That whispered ever knowQ
That one of us should rise so highR
And sadly sink so lowQ
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I mind the lessons that we dronedS
In books from Irish schoolsT
The canings and the keepings inU
For breaking bounds and rulesT
Ah little did the teacher dreamV
That one of us perchanceW
Might write in London to be readX
In Germany and FranceW
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I mind the days we played at campY
With billy can and swagZ
I mind the notes sent home by girlsA2
When someone played the wagZ
Ah little did the master thinkZ
Who d lost the roving starC
What truants in their after yearsB2
Would play the wag so farC
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I mind when first he gave to meC2
A pen and ink to writeD2
And last the Fourth Class Forms he madeE2
I shared with Lucy WhiteD2
The other boys were other boysF2
With cricket ball and batG2
They had a fine contempt for girlsA2
But they got over thatG2
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The rounders where the girls came inU
The Tomboy and the restH2
The earnest game of Pris ners BaseI2
The game that I liked bestH2
The kangarooing on the ridgeB
And in the brown moonlightD2
The possuming across the flatsG
With dogs and gun at nightD2
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The specking in old diggers heapsJ2
For colours after rainK2
The horse shoes saved against the timeL2
The circus came againM2
And sold to Jimmy Siver rightD2
The blacksmith on the flatG2
The five corners the swimming holeN2
Oh I remember thatG2
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I mind the holland dinner bagsO2
A book bag of green baizeP2
The bread and dripping bread and meatQ2
And bread and treacle daysP2
The bread and butter swopped for meatQ2
The crumb we swopped for crustR2
We ve married and divorced since thenM2
And most old homes are dustR2
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It was the time it was the placeI2
Australia s hardest pageS2
When boys were cast for farming workZ
At fourteen years of ageS2
It was the time it was the placeI2
The latter Early DayT2
When boys ride home from old bark schoolsT
And to the world awayT2
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I ve drifted through Port Said since thenM2
Naples and Leicester SquareC
And Collins and Macquarie StreetsU2
I know the secrets thereC
Ah me The country boy and girlV2
The country lass and ladW2
As innocent as soldier birdsP
Though we thought we were badW2
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But spite of all their daring truthX2
And some work that shall lastY2
The bitter years of my brave youthX2
Are better in the pastY2
This does not call for bitternessZ2
Nor does it call for tearsA3
The purest little thing perhapsB3
I ve printed here for yearsB2
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The railway runs by Mudgee HillsL
Old farms are lost or loneC3
And children s children sadly goZ
To schools of brick and stoneC3
Yet are the same The Mudgee HillsL
And Mudgee skies as fairC
And the little grey clad soldier birdsP
Are just as busy thereC

Henry Lawson



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