The Darker Side Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACDC AAEA FAGA AHIH JKBK| They say that all nature is smiling and gay | A |
| And the birds the most happy of all | B |
| But the sparrow pursued by the sparrowhawk | A |
| Savors more of the wormwood and gall | B |
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| They say that all nature is smiling and gay | A |
| But the groan may dissemble the laugh | C |
| E'en now from the meadow is wafted the sound | D |
| Of a bovine bewailing her calf | C |
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| They say that all nature is smiling and gay | A |
| But the moss often covers the rock | A |
| Every animal form is beset by a foe | E |
| For the wolf always follows the flock | A |
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| For the animal holds all inferior flesh | F |
| As its just and legitimate prey | A |
| Every scream of the eagle a panic creates | G |
| As the weaker things scamper away | A |
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| They say that all nature is smiling and gay | A |
| But the smiles are all needed to sweeten | H |
| The struggle we see so incessantly waged | I |
| To eat and avoid being eaten | H |
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| And men with their genial competitive ways | J |
| Present no decided improvements | K |
| For their personal gain they will sacrifice all | B |
| Who may stand in the way of their movements | K |
Alfred Castner King
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