To Jim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPOP QCRCSTST UVWVXYZY A2B2A2C2D2A2D2A2| I gaze upon my son once more | A |
| With eyes and heart that tire | B |
| As solemnly he stands before | A |
| The screen drawn round the fire | B |
| With hands behind clasped hand in hand | C |
| Now loosely and now fast | D |
| Just as his fathers used to stand | C |
| For generations past | D |
| A fair and slight and childish form | E |
| And big brown thoughtful eyes | F |
| God help him for a life of storm | E |
| And stress before him lies | F |
| A wanderer and a gipsy wild | G |
| I ve learnt the world and know | H |
| For I was such another child | G |
| Ah many years ago | H |
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| But in those dreamy eyes of him | I |
| There is no hint of doubt | J |
| I wish that you could tell me Jim | I |
| The things you dream about | J |
| Dream on my son that all is true | K |
| And things not what they seem | L |
| Twill be a bitter day for you | K |
| When wakened from your dream | L |
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| You are a child of field and flood | M |
| But with the gipsy strains | N |
| A strong Norwegian sailor s blood | M |
| Is running through your veins | N |
| Be true and slander never stings | O |
| Be straight and all may frown | P |
| You ll have the strength to grapple things | O |
| That dragged your father down | P |
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| These lines I write with bitter tears | Q |
| And failing heart and hand | C |
| But you will read in after years | R |
| And you will understand | C |
| You ll hear the slander of the crowd | S |
| They ll whisper tales of shame | T |
| But days will come when you ll be proud | S |
| To bear your father s name | T |
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| But oh beware of bitterness | U |
| When you are wronged my lad | V |
| I wish I had the faith in men | W |
| And women that I had | V |
| Tis better far for I have felt | X |
| The sadness in my song | Y |
| To trust all men and still be wronged | Z |
| Than to trust none and wrong | Y |
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| Be generous and still do good | A2 |
| And banish while you live | B2 |
| The spectre of ingratitude | A2 |
| That haunts the ones who give | C2 |
| But if the crisis comes at length | D2 |
| That your future might be marred | A2 |
| Strike hard my son with all your strength | D2 |
| For your own self s sake strike hard | A2 |
Henry Lawson
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