Poet Henry Lawson

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The Teams Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAC DEDDE FGHFG IJJJJ KLKKL MKMMK JNJJO JCJJC

A cloud of dust on the long white roadA
And the teams go creeping onB
Inch by inch with the weary loadA
And by the power of the green hide goadA
The distant goal is wonC
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With eyes half shut to the blinding dustD
And necks to the yokes bent lowE
The beasts are pulling as bullocks mustD
And the shining tires might almost rustD
While the spokes are turning slowE
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With face half hid 'neath a broad brimmed hatF
That shades from the heat's white wavesG
And shouldered whip with its green hide plaitH
The driver plods with a gait like thatF
Of his weary patient slavesG
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He wipes his brow for the day is hotI
And spits to the left with spiteJ
He shouts at Bally' and flicks at Scot'J
And raises dust from the back of Spot'J
And spits to the dusty rightJ
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He'll sometimes pause as a thing of formK
In front of a settler's doorL
And ask for a drink and remark It's warmK
Or say There's signs of a thunder storm'K
But he seldom utters moreL
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But the rains are heavy on roads like theseM
And fronting his lonely homeK
For weeks together the settler seesM
The teams bogged down to the axletreesM
Or ploughing the sodden loamK
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And then when the roads are at their worstJ
The bushman's children hearN
The cruel blows of the whips reversedJ
While bullocks pull as their hearts would burstJ
And bellow with pain and fearO
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And thus with little of joy or restJ
Are the long long journeys doneC
And thus 'tis a cruel war at the bestJ
Is distance fought in the mighty WestJ
And the lonely battles wonC

Henry Lawson



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