The Wolves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCCD EFGFHHA CIJICCA KLMLCCN AOPOQQE RSASEEA| When the church village slumbers | A |
| And the last songs are sung | B |
| When the grey mist arising | C |
| Is o'er the marshes hung | B |
| 'Tis then the woods forsaking | C |
| Their way cross country taking | C |
| Nine howling wolves come hungering for food | D |
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| Behind the first the grey one | E |
| Trot seven more of black | F |
| Close on their hoary leader | G |
| As rearguard of the pack | F |
| The red wolf limps all bloody | H |
| His paws with gore still ruddy | H |
| As after his companions grim he pants | A |
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| When through the village lurking | C |
| Nought gives them check or fright | I |
| No watch dog dares to bellow | J |
| The peasant ghastly white | I |
| His breath can scarce be taking | C |
| His limbs withhold from shaking | C |
| While prayers of terror freeze upon his lips | A |
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| About the church they circle | K |
| And softly slink away | L |
| To prowl about the priest's farm | M |
| Then of a sudden they | L |
| Are round the drink shop turning | C |
| Fain some bad word be learning | C |
| From peasants drinking noisily within | N |
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| With fully thirteen bullets | A |
| Thy weapon must be armed | O |
| And with a wad of goat's hair | P |
| Then thou wilt fight unharmed | O |
| Fire calmly and before all | Q |
| Will the leader the grey fall | Q |
| The rest will surely follow one by one | E |
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| When the cock wakes the village | R |
| From out its morning dream | S |
| Thou wilt behold the corpses | A |
| Nine she wolves by the stream | S |
| On the right lies the grey one | E |
| To left in frost the lame one | E |
| All bloody God pardon us sinners | A |
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
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