The Bear Hunt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG CHEH IJIK LMLK NINI OPOP QOQO OFOF NRNR SMSM ETUT VWVW OXOY ZOZO OQOQ OKOM A2B2C2B2 UD2UE2 UF2UQ AMAMA wild bear chace didst never see | A |
Then hast thou lived in vain | B |
Thy richest bump of glorious glee | A |
Lies desert in thy brain | B |
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When first my father settled here | C |
'Twas then the frontier line | D |
The panther's scream filled night with fear | E |
And bears preyed on the swine | D |
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But woe for Bruin's short lived fun | F |
When rose the squealing cry | G |
Now man and horse with dog and gun | F |
For vengeance at him fly | G |
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A sound of danger strikes his ear | C |
He gives the breeze a snuff | H |
Away he bounds with little fear | E |
And seeks the tangled rough | H |
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On press his foes and reach the ground | I |
Where's left his half munched meal | J |
The dogs in circles scent around | I |
And find his fresh made trail | K |
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With instant cry away they dash | L |
And men as fast pursue | M |
O'er logs they leap through water splash | L |
And shout the brisk halloo | K |
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Now to elude the eager pack | N |
Bear shuns the open ground | I |
Through matted vines he shapes his track | N |
And runs it round and round | I |
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The tall fleet cur with deep mouthed voice | O |
Now speeds him as the wind | P |
While half grown pup and short legged fice | O |
Are yelping far behind | P |
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And fresh recruits are dropping in | Q |
To join the merry corps | O |
With yelp and yell a mingled din | Q |
The woods are in a roar | O |
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And round and round the chace now goes | O |
The world's alive with fun | F |
Nick Carter's horse his rider throws | O |
And more Hill drops his gun | F |
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Now sorely pressed bear glances back | N |
And lolls his tired tongue | R |
When as to force him from his track | N |
An ambush on him sprung | R |
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Across the glade he sweeps for flight | S |
And fully is in view | M |
The dogs new fired by the sight | S |
Their cry and speed renew | M |
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The foremost ones now reach his rear | E |
He turns they dash away | T |
And circling now the wrathful bear | U |
They have him full at bay | T |
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At top of speed the horse men come | V |
All screaming in a row | W |
Whoop Take him Tiger Seize him Drum | V |
Bang bang the rifles go | W |
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And furious now the dogs he tears | O |
And crushes in his ire | X |
Wheels right and left and upward rears | O |
With eyes of burning fire | Y |
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But leaden death is at his heart | Z |
Vain all the strength he plies | O |
And spouting blood from every part | Z |
He reels and sinks and dies | O |
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And now a dinsome clamor rose | O |
'Bout who should have his skin | Q |
Who first draws blood each hunter knows | O |
This prize must always win | Q |
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But who did this and how to trace | O |
What's true from what's a lie | K |
Like lawyers in a murder case | O |
They stoutly argufy | M |
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Aforesaid fice of blustering mood | A2 |
Behind and quite forgot | B2 |
Just now emerging from the wood | C2 |
Arrives upon the spot | B2 |
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With grinning teeth and up turned hair | U |
Brim full of spunk and wrath | D2 |
He growls and seizes on dead bear | U |
And shakes for life and death | E2 |
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And swells as if his skin would tear | U |
And growls and shakes again | F2 |
And swears as plain as dog can swear | U |
That he has won the skin | Q |
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Conceited whelp we laugh at thee | A |
Nor mind that now a few | M |
Of pompous two legged dogs there be | A |
Conceited quite as you | M |
Abraham Lincoln
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