Unknown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDED FGFHIJIJKJ LMNOFDFDPD

Oh the wild black swans fly westward stillA
While the sun goes down in gloryB
And away o'er lonely plain and hillA
Still runs the same old storyB
The sheoaks sigh it all day longC
It is safe in the Big Scrub's keepingD
'Tis the butcher birds' and the bell birds' songC
In the gum where Unknown lies sleepingD
It is heard in the chat of the soldier birdsE
O'er the grave where Unknown lies sleepingD
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Ah the Bushmen knew not his name or landF
Or the shame that had sent him hereG
But the Bushmen knew by the dead man' handF
That his past life lay not nearH
The law of the land might have watched for himI
Or a sweetheart wife or motherJ
But they bared their heads and their eyes were dimI
For he might have been a brotherJ
Ah the death he died brought him near to themK
For he might have been a brotherJ
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Oh the wild black swans to the westward fadeL
And the sunset burns to ashesM
And three times bright on an eastern rangeN
The light of a big star flashesO
Like a signal sent to a distant strandF
Where a dead man's love sits weepingD
And the night comes grand to the Great Lone LandF
O'er the grave where Unknown lies sleepingD
And the big white stars in their clusters blazeP
O'er the Bush where Unknown lies sleepingD

Henry Lawson



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