Lyrebirds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGGG HIGGCJKJ ELGMJ| Over the west side of the mountain | A |
| that s lyrebird country | B |
| I could go down there they say in the early morning | C |
| and I d see them I d hear them | D |
| - | |
| Ten years and I have never gone | E |
| I ll never go | F |
| I ll never see the lyrebirds | G |
| the few the shy the fabulous | G |
| the dying poets | G |
| - | |
| I should see them if I lay there in the dew | H |
| first a single movement | I |
| like a waterdrop falling then stillness | G |
| then a brown head brown eyes | G |
| a splendid bird bearing | C |
| like a crest the symbol of his art | J |
| the high symmetrical shape of the perfect lyre | K |
| I should hear that master practising his art | J |
| - | |
| No I have never gone | E |
| Some things ought to be left secret alone | L |
| some things birds like walking fables | G |
| ought to inhabit nowhere but the reverence of the | M |
| heart | J |
Judith Wright
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