O'connor Ridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNCOOKPQ RSTUMVCWXYYZKA2OB2UC 2GD2E2| Remember back in the early sixties | A |
| The ridge was a scrap metal dump | B |
| Wasteland without a decent tree | C |
| At the periphery workshops recycled | D |
| Banged and hammered welded | E |
| Old steel joists and car body parts | F |
| Household junk permanently carked it | G |
| Hot water systems corrugated roofs | H |
| Pipes bathtubs from the iron age | I |
| Washing machines fridges and | J |
| Vacuums found their way to appliance heaven | K |
| While the insides of ruined Pye | L |
| Television sets were kicked down | M |
| The hillside for sport Waste wire was | N |
| Restored by a cottage wire industry | C |
| Sparks flew up out back | O |
| Apprentices scraped rust and gunk | O |
| How metal flowed sweetly and everyone | K |
| Was handy the drills and steel cutters buzzed | P |
| Junk a junk there was smash repair | Q |
| Domestic nail and bolt manufacture as | R |
| Far as earnings went it all added up | S |
| To an almost worthwhile enterprise | T |
| But the scrap mountain grew quicker | U |
| Than the workshops could break it down | M |
| There was real estate all around | V |
| So the responsible authority | C |
| Ordered the lot buried under a mountain of earth | W |
| And trees planted on top | X |
| Forest grew quickly and today | Y |
| After a big rain has shifted the clay | Y |
| Exposing a snow gum's roots | Z |
| There'll be a rusted out Austin | K |
| Or the roof of a Valiant | A2 |
| A web of cyclone fencing | O |
| Relic of glorious metal days | B2 |
| Rest of the junk compresses under | U |
| Ghost gums rough grass and walking trails | C2 |
| Today fresh air grows from it | G |
| And the odd unexterminated rabbit | D2 |
| Flashes out of sight | E2 |
S. K. Kelen
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