The Darker Side Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACDC AAEA FAGA AHIH JKBKThey 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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