A Greater Than He Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCAB DEDDE FGFFG HIHHI JKJJK LMNLM OPOOO QAQQA RORRO SOSSO ATACT OOOOO

Baby sits upon the floorA
Baby's scarce a twelvemonth oldB
Baby laughs and goo goos o'erC
Memories how a babe of yoreA
Humbled Glooskap boldB
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Glooskap was a man of mightD
Skilled in magic huge of limbE
Giant wizard goblin spriteD
Ghost witch devil imp of nightD
All had fled from himE
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Then he questioned Can there beF
Further labors to be doneG
Breathes there one to equal meF
Who before me will not fleeF
Quoth a squaw Yes oneG
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Name him angry Glooskap criedH
Baby said she And be warnedI
If you meddle woe betideH
All your glory all your prideH
For you will be scornedI
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Baby sat upon the groundJ
Harming none and sucked his thumbK
Gazing with a look profoundJ
Upon Glooskap and aroundJ
Solon wise Sphinx dumbK
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Glooskap never married wasL
So he thought like all his kindM
That he knew the nursery lawsN
Wholly and with ease could causeL
Service prompt and blindM
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Sweetly the magician smiledO
Like the summer sun and saidP
Hither Baby But the childO
By the sweet smile unbeguiledO
Only shook his headO
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Like a bird among the treesQ
Singing Glooskap spake once moreA
Baby listened to the gleesQ
Sucked his thumb and sat at easeQ
Still upon the floorA
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Thundering the magician spokeR
Hither Baby I commandO
Baby stirred not only brokeR
Into wailings that awokeR
All the desert landO
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Mystic song and magic spellS
Fit to raise the very deadO
Fit to rule the imps that dwellS
In the deepest depths of HellS
Glooskap sang and saidO
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All was vain Upon the floorA
Baby sat and heard each layT
Listened close and called for moreA
When each mystic song was o'erC
But did not obeyT
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Then the baffled warrior weptO
And the baby in delightO
Sitting where a sunbeam sleptO
Laughed and crowed and crowing keptO
Till his foe took flightO

Arthur Weir



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