Bullocky Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GAHA IJKJ LMNM DOPO QRSR

Beside his heavy shouldered teamA
thirsty with drought and chilled with rainB
he weathered all the striding yearsC
till they ran widdershins in his brainB
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Till the long solitary tracksD
etched deeper with each lurching loadE
were populous before his eyesF
and fiends and angels used his roadE
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All the long straining journey grewG
a mad apocalyptic dreamA
and he old Moses and the slavesH
his suffering and stubborn teamA
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Then in his evening camp beneathI
the half light pillars of the treesJ
he filled the steepled cone of nightK
with shouted prayers and propheciesJ
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While past the campfire's crimson ringL
the star struck darkness cupped him roundM
and centuries of cattle bellsN
rang with their sweet uneasy soundM
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Grass is across the wagon tracksD
and plough strikes bone beneath the grassO
and vineyards cover all the slopesP
where the dead teams were used to passO
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O vine grow close upon that boneQ
and hold it with your rooted handR
The prophet Moses feeds the grapeS
and fruitful is the Promised LandR

Judith Wright



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