Bora Ring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFCG CHIJ KLMN| The song is gone the dance | A |
| is secret with the dancers in the earth | B |
| the ritual useless and the tribal story | C |
| lost in an alien tale | D |
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| Only the grass stands up | E |
| to mark the dancing ring the apple gums | F |
| posture and mime a past corroboree | C |
| murmur a broken chant | G |
| - | |
| The hunter is gone the spear | C |
| is splintered underground the painted bodies | H |
| a dream the world breathed sleeping and forgot | I |
| The nomad feet are still | J |
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| Only the rider's heart | K |
| halts at a sightless shadow an unsaid word | L |
| that fastens in the blood of the ancient curse | M |
| the fear as old as Cain | N |
Judith Wright
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