The Wattle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DAEA FGFG HAIA| I saw it in the days gone by | A |
| When the dead girl lay at rest | B |
| And the wattle and the native rose | C |
| We placed upon her breast | B |
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| I saw it in the long ago | D |
| And I've seen strong men die | A |
| And who to wear the wattle | E |
| Hath better right than I | A |
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| I've fought it through the world since then | F |
| And seen the best and worst | G |
| But always in the lands of men | F |
| I held Australia first | G |
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| I wrote for her I fought for her | H |
| And when at last I lie | A |
| Then who to wear the wattle has | I |
| A better right than I | A |
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