To Show What A Man Can Do Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDCC DDCC DDCC ECFC| There has been many a grander deed since man had life to give | A |
| And thousands have gone to certain death eyes open that men might live | B |
| And many have gone for their country s sake when their numbers were all too few | C |
| And bravely died that their mates may die to show what a man can do | C |
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| Now this is the song of La Bella wreck at the harbour of Warnambool | D |
| And this is the song of a brave brave man of the grand old simple school | D |
| We all know the forces of circumstance and we blame not the lifeboat crew | C |
| But this is the song of a fisherman who showed what a man can do | C |
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| With a single scull in his strong young hands and his brave young eyes aglow | D |
| He shot his skill o er the raging hell where the lifeboat dared not go | D |
| It was twice and thrice that he went again and the lives they were only two | C |
| But this is the song of The Man Who Knows and can show what a man can do | C |
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| And we need such deeds in this world of ours lest the hearts of men might fail | D |
| Oh we need such deeds in this world of ours and a man to tell the tale | D |
| When the eloquent gestures come from the wreck and never a word comes through | C |
| Oh we need such deeds in our land to day to show what a man can do | C |
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| And this is the moral of all that is | E |
| And it s only known to two | C |
| Put out in your dinghy with confidence | F |
| To show what a man can do | C |
Henry Lawson
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