The Elephant Is Slow To Mate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIHI DJKJ LKLK MKNK| The elephant the huge old beast | A |
| is slow to mate | B |
| he finds a female they show no haste | C |
| they wait | B |
| - | |
| for the sympathy in their vast shy hearts | D |
| slowly slowly to rouse | E |
| as they loiter along the river beds | F |
| and drink and browse | G |
| - | |
| and dash in panic through the brake | H |
| of forest with the herd | I |
| and sleep in massive silence and wake | H |
| together without a word | I |
| - | |
| So slowly the great hot elephant hearts | D |
| grow full of desire | J |
| and the great beasts mate in secret at last | K |
| hiding their fire | J |
| - | |
| Oldest they are and the wisest of beasts | L |
| so they know at last | K |
| how to wait for the loneliest of feasts | L |
| for the full repast | K |
| - | |
| They do not snatch they do not tear | M |
| their massive blood | K |
| moves as the moon tides near more near | N |
| till they touch in flood | K |
David Herbert Lawrence
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