Hunted Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJIJ KLML KNON PJQJOh why do they hunt so hard so hard who have | A |
no need of food | B |
Do they hunt for sport do they hunt for hate do | C |
they hunt for the lust of blood | D |
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If I were a god I would get me a spear I would | E |
get me horse and dog | F |
And merrily merrily I would ride through covert | G |
and brake and bog | H |
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With hound and horn and laughter loud over the | I |
hills and away | J |
For there is no sport like that of a god with a | I |
man that stands at bay | J |
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Ho but the morning is fresh and fair and oh | K |
but the sun is bright | L |
And yonder the quarry breaks from the brush and | M |
heads for the hills in flight | L |
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A minute's law for the harried thing then follow | K |
him follow him fast | N |
With the bellow of dogs and the beat of hoofs | O |
and the mellow bugle's blast | N |
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Hillo Halloo they have marked a man there is | P |
sport in the world to day | J |
And a clamor swells from the heart of the wood that | Q |
tells of a soul at bay | J |
Don Marquis
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