Battle Bunny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FFGHHGGII JJKKLL MMNNOOPQPQRRGG SSEETTUUVV WXWXUYUYZZ SSA2A2B2B2 C2C2D2D2| After the men were ordered to lie down a white rabbit | A |
| which had been hopping hither and thither over the field | B |
| swept by grape and musketry took refuge among the | C |
| skirmishers in the breast of a corporal Report | D |
| of the Battle of Malvern Hill | E |
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| Bunny lying in the grass | F |
| Saw the shining column pass | F |
| Saw the starry banner fly | G |
| Saw the chargers fret and fume | H |
| Saw the flapping hat and plume | H |
| Saw them with his moist and shy | G |
| Most unspeculative eye | G |
| Thinking only in the dew | I |
| That it was a fine review | I |
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| Till a flash not all of steel | J |
| Where the rolling caissons wheel | J |
| Brought a rumble and a roar | K |
| Rolling down that velvet floor | K |
| And like blows of autumn flail | L |
| Sharply threshed the iron hail | L |
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| Bunny thrilled by unknown fears | M |
| Raised his soft and pointed ears | M |
| Mumbled his prehensile lip | N |
| Quivered his pulsating hip | N |
| As the sharp vindictive yell | O |
| Rose above the screaming shell | O |
| Thought the world and all its men | P |
| All the charging squadrons meant | Q |
| All were rabbit hunters then | P |
| All to capture him intent | Q |
| Bunny was not much to blame | R |
| Wiser folk have thought the same | R |
| Wiser folk who think they spy | G |
| Every ill begins with I | G |
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| Wildly panting here and there | S |
| Bunny sought the freer air | S |
| Till he hopped below the hill | E |
| And saw lying close and still | E |
| Men with muskets in their hands | T |
| Never Bunny understands | T |
| That hypocrisy of sleep | U |
| In the vigils grim they keep | U |
| As recumbent on that spot | V |
| They elude the level shot | V |
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| One a grave and quiet man | W |
| Thinking of his wife and child | X |
| Far beyond the Rapidan | W |
| Where the Androscoggin smiled | X |
| Felt the little rabbit creep | U |
| Nestling by his arm and side | Y |
| Wakened from strategic sleep | U |
| To that soft appeal replied | Y |
| Drew him to his blackened breast | Z |
| And But you have guessed the rest | Z |
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| Softly o'er that chosen pair | S |
| Omnipresent Love and Care | S |
| Drew a mightier Hand and Arm | A2 |
| Shielding them from every harm | A2 |
| Right and left the bullets waved | B2 |
| Saved the saviour for the saved | B2 |
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| Who believes that equal grace | C2 |
| God extends in every place | C2 |
| Little difference he scans | D2 |
| Twixt a rabbit's God and man's | D2 |
Bret Harte
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