The Bunyip Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACACDBDB EBEEEEFBFB GBGEGEHBHB| Oh came you up by the place of dread | A |
| west red and the moon low down | B |
| where no winds blow and the birds have fled | A |
| and the gum stands dead and its arms gleam white | C |
| and the tribe sneak by with a stealthy tread | A |
| in the ghostly light in the ghostly light | C |
| Brave Worraland went one grey nightfall | D |
| A woi woi where the grim rocks frown | B |
| he came no more to the camps at all | D |
| Skies dark and the moon low down | B |
| - | |
| As we came up by the gully side | E |
| Deep dusk and the moon low down | B |
| A Dingo whined and a Curlew cried | E |
| and the reeds replied as in hushed affright | E |
| where tall brae Worraland screamed and died | E |
| in the ghostly light in the ghostly light | E |
| For the Thing lurks there in the haunted place | F |
| A woi woi where the pool is brown | B |
| where lost ones vanish and leave no trace | F |
| Day dead and the moon low down | B |
| - | |
| Of go not by near the bunyip's lair | G |
| Stars dim and the moon low down | B |
| or tip toe past and beware beware | G |
| the dark pool snare and be set for flight | E |
| for things of terror have happened there | G |
| in the ghostly light in the ghostly light | E |
| and in the gunyas we crouch and hark | H |
| A woi woi where the dead men drown | B |
| The monster's bellow across the dark | H |
| Stars gone and the moon low down | B |
James Martin Devaney
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Bunyip
The Bunyip is a poem by James Martin Devaney. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Bunyip poem by James Martin Devaney
Best Poems of James Martin Devaney