A Drover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH HJKJ ALML NOPO JCQC CCRR OORR| To meath of the pastures | A |
| From wet hills by the sea | B |
| Through Leitrim and Longford | C |
| Go my cattle and me | B |
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| I hear in the darkness | D |
| Their slipping and breathing | E |
| I name them the bye ways | F |
| They're to pass without heeding | E |
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| Then the wet winding roads | G |
| Brown bogs with black water | H |
| And my thoughts on white ships | I |
| And the King o' Spain's daughter | H |
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| O farmer strong farmer | H |
| You can spend at the fair | J |
| But your face you must turn | K |
| To your crops and your care | J |
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| And soldiers red soldiers | A |
| You've seen many lands | L |
| But you walk two by two | M |
| And by captain's commands | L |
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| O the smell of the beasts | N |
| The wet wind in the morn | O |
| And the proud and hard earth | P |
| Never broken for corn | O |
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| And the crowds at the fair | J |
| The herds loosened and blind | C |
| Loud words and dark faces | Q |
| And the wild blood behind | C |
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| O strong men with your best | C |
| I would strive breast to breast | C |
| I could quiet your herds | R |
| With my words with my words | R |
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| I will bring you my kine | O |
| Where there's grass to the knee | O |
| But you'll think of scant croppings | R |
| Harsh with salt of the sea | R |
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