The Cow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCCBBCCB DCECEF| A | |
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| THIS is a rune I ravelled in the still | B |
| Arrogant stare of an Australian cow | C |
| These prankt intruders of the hornless brow | C |
| Puffed up with strange illusions of their skill | B |
| To fence to milk to fatten and to kill | B |
| Once worshipped me with temple rite and vow | C |
| Crowned me with stars and bade rapt millions bow | C |
| Before what abject guess they called my will | B |
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| To day this flunkey of my midden Man | D |
| Throws child oblations in my milking byre | C |
| Stifles in slums to spare me lordly fields | E |
| Flatters with spotless consorts my desire | C |
| And for a pail of cream his birth right yields | E |
| As once in Egypt Hellas Ind Iran | F |
Bernard O'dowd
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