Clancy of the Overflow

"Clancy of the Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known works.

Clancy of the Overflow
by Banjo Paterson
Written1889
First published inThe Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
FormQuatrain
MeterTrochaic octameter
Rhyme schemeAA–B–CC–B
Publication date21 December 1889
Lines32
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The poem is written in eight stanzas of four lines, lines one and three in a two-feet anapaest with a feminine internal rhyme, and lines two and four in trochaic octameter with masculine rhymes: AA–B–CC–B.

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