The Condemned Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| There is a wildness still in England that will not feed | A |
| In cages it shrinks away from the touch of the trainer's hand | B |
| Easy to kill not easy to tame It will never breed | A |
| In a zoo for the public pleasure It will not be planned | B |
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| Do not blame us too much if we that are hedgerow folk | C |
| Cannot swell the rejoicings at this new world you make | D |
| We hedge hogged as Johnson or Borrow strange to the yoke | C |
| As Landor surly as Cobbett that badger birdlike as Blake | D |
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| A new scent troubles the air to you friendly perhaps | E |
| But we with animal wisdom have understood that smell | F |
| To all our kind its message is Guns Ferrets and Traps | E |
| And a Ministry gassing the little holes in which we dwell | F |
Clive Staples Lewis
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