Grizzly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBCCDDEEE EEFGFGHHIIJKLJLJMM| Coward of heroic size | A |
| In whose lazy muscles lies | A |
| Strength we fear and yet despise | A |
| Savage whose relentless tusks | B |
| Are content with acorn husks | B |
| Robber whose exploits ne'er soared | C |
| O'er the bee's or squirrel's hoard | C |
| Whiskered chin and feeble nose | D |
| Claws of steel on baby toes | D |
| Here in solitude and shade | E |
| Shambling shuffling plantigrade | E |
| Be thy courses undismayed | E |
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| Here where Nature makes thy bed | E |
| Let thy rude half human tread | E |
| Point to hidden Indian springs | F |
| Lost in ferns and fragrant grasses | G |
| Hovered o'er by timid wings | F |
| Where the wood duck lightly passes | G |
| Where the wild bee holds her sweets | H |
| Epicurean retreats | H |
| Fit for thee and better than | I |
| Fearful spoils of dangerous man | I |
| In thy fat jowled deviltry | J |
| Friar Tuck shall live in thee | K |
| Thou mayst levy tithe and dole | L |
| Thou shalt spread the woodland cheer | J |
| From the pilgrim taking toll | L |
| Match thy cunning with his fear | J |
| Eat and drink and have thy fill | M |
| Yet remain an outlaw still | M |
Bret Harte
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