Clancy of the Overflow

Clancy of the Overflow
by Banjo Paterson
Written	1889
First published in	The Bulletin
Country	Australia
Language	English
Form	Quatrain
Meter	Trochaic octameter
Rhyme scheme	AA–B–CC–B
Publication date	21 December 1889
Lines	32
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"Clancy of the Overflow" is a famous Australian poem written by Banjo Paterson and first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889.^[1] The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known works.

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.