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The Camp Fires Of The Past Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEEEAEAGEEHIE

A thousand thousand camp fires every nightA
in ages gone would twinkle to the darkB
from crest and valley in the rolling bushC
from mulga scrub and mallee scrub from dunesD
of Central sand from gaps in straggling rangesE
from gibber plains and plains of iron woodF
through leaves and in the open from the mangrovesE
by shore of Carpenteria from rocksE
and beaches of the Bight for countless aeonsE
a thousand thousand camp fires burned each nightA
and by the fires the Old Men told their talesE
which held their listeners spellbound Every nightA
among the fires men chanted to the beatG
of stick and boomerangs and clap of handsE
or drone and boom of didgeridoo the songsE
rising and falling trailing quickeningH
while eyes gleamed bright through smoke drift bodies shoneI
and dusked in fitful glow amid the shadowsE

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