The Filling Of The Swamps Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B A C A D A D B C A E A E F A F A B C F A F A G H G H B C| Hurrah for the storm clouds sweeping | A |
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| Hurrah for the driving rain | B |
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| The dull earth out of her sleeping | A |
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| Is wakened to life again | C |
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| There are mirrors of crystal shining | A |
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| Whenever the cloud wrack breaks | D |
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| And grass clad banks are twining | A |
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| A wreath for the fairy lakes | D |
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| Lakes that are links in an endless chain | B |
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| For the water is out in the swamps again | C |
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| Hurrah for the red gums standing | A |
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| So high on the range above | E |
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| Hurrah for the she oaks bending | A |
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| So low to the wave they love | E |
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| Hurrah for the reed stems slender | F |
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| Hurrah for the shade they fling | A |
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| For the curve of the cygnet's splendour | F |
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| The sheen of the black duck's wing | A |
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| Hurrah for the clouds and the glorious rain | B |
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| The water is out in the swamps again | C |
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| Hurrah for the laughing water | F |
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| The songs that the streamlets sing | A |
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| Whish The teal duck's mate has sought her | F |
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| With a stroke of his mottled wing | A |
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| Hurrah for the deepening shadows | G |
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| The ibis's eagle eyed | H |
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| The dash of the purple swallows | G |
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| To bury their breasts in the tide | H |
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| Woe It is woe to the Drought King's reign | B |
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| The water is out in the swamps again | C |
William Henry Ogilvie
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