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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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