The Tragedy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEE FGHI JJKK| Oh I never felt so wretched and things never looked so blue | A |
| Since the days I gulped the physic that my Granny used to brew | A |
| For a friend in whom I trusted entering my room last night | B |
| Stole a bottleful of Heenzo from the desk whereon I write | B |
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| I am certain sure he did it though he never would let on | C |
| For all last week he had a cold and to day his cough is gone | D |
| Now I'm sick and sore and sorry and I'm sad for friendship's sake | E |
| It was better than the cough cure that our Granny used to make | E |
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| Oh he might have pinched my whisky and he might have pinched my beer | F |
| Or all the fame or money that I make while writing here | G |
| Oh he might have shook the blankets and I'd not have made a row | H |
| If he'd only left my Heenzo till the morning anyhow | I |
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| So I've lost my faith in Mateship which was all I had to lose | J |
| Since I lost my faith in Russia and myself and got the blues | J |
| And so trust turns to suspicion and so friendship turns to hate | K |
| Even Kaiser Bill would never pinch his Heenzo from a mate | K |
Henry Lawson
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