The Last Leap Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABB CDCCDD EFEEGG HBHHBB IJIKJJ LMLLMM NONNOO PQPRQQ| All is over fleet career | A |
| Dash of greyhound slipping thongs | B |
| Flight of falcon bound of deer | A |
| Mad hoof thunder in our rear | A |
| Cold air rushing up our lungs | B |
| Din of many tongues | B |
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| Once again one struggle good | C |
| One vain effort he must dwell | D |
| Near the shifted post that stood | C |
| Where the splinters of the wood | C |
| Lying in the torn tracks tell | D |
| How he struck and fell | D |
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| Crest where cold drops beaded cling | E |
| Small ear drooping nostril full | F |
| Glazing to a scarlet ring | E |
| Flanks and haunches quivering | E |
| Sinews stiff'ning void and null | G |
| Dumb eyes sorrowful | G |
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| Satin coat that seems to shine | H |
| Duller now black braided tress | B |
| That a softer hand than mine | H |
| Far away was wont to twine | H |
| That in meadows far from this | B |
| Softer lips might kiss | B |
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| All is over this is death | I |
| And I stand to watch thee die | J |
| Brave old horse with 'bated breath | I |
| Hardly drawn through tight clenched teeth | K |
| Lip indented deep but eye | J |
| Only dull and dry | J |
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| Musing on the husk and chaff | L |
| Gather'd where life's tares are sown | M |
| Thus I speak and force a laugh | L |
| That is half a sneer and half | L |
| An involuntary groan | M |
| In a stifled tone | M |
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| Rest old friend thy day though rife | N |
| With its toil hath ended soon | O |
| We have had our share of strife | N |
| Tumblers in the mask of life | N |
| In the pantomime of noon | O |
| Clown and pantaloon | O |
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| With the flash that ends thy pain | P |
| Respite and oblivion blest | Q |
| Come to greet thee I in vain | P |
| Fall I rise to fall again | R |
| Thou hast fallen to thy rest | Q |
| And thy fall is best | Q |
Adam Lindsay Gordon
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