The Half-breed Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ KLML NOGO PQNR STCT UVNV WXJX NYZH A2WCW B2C2D2C2| She is free of the trap and the paddle | A |
| The portage and the trail | B |
| But something behind her savage life | C |
| Shines like a fragile veil | B |
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| Her dreams are undiscovered | D |
| Shadows trouble her breast | E |
| When the time for resting cometh | F |
| Then least is she at rest | E |
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| Oft in the morns of winter | G |
| When she visits the rabbit snares | H |
| An appearance floats in the crystal air | I |
| Beyond the balsam firs | J |
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| Oft in the summer mornings | K |
| When she strips the nets of fish | L |
| The smell of the dripping net twine | M |
| Gives to her heart a wish | L |
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| But she cannot learn the meaning | N |
| Of the shadows in her soul | O |
| The lights that break and gather | G |
| The clouds that part and roll | O |
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| The reek of rock built cities | P |
| Where her fathers dwelt of yore | Q |
| The gleam of loch and shealing | N |
| The mist on the moor | R |
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| Frail traces of kindred kindness | S |
| Of feud by hill and strand | T |
| The heritage of an age long life | C |
| In a legendary land | T |
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| She wakes in the stifling wigwam | U |
| Where the air is heavy and wild | V |
| She fears for something or nothing | N |
| With the heart of a frightened child | V |
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| She sees the stars turn slowly | W |
| Past the tangle of the poles | X |
| Through the smoke of the dying embers | J |
| Like the eyes of dead souls | X |
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| Her heart is shaken with longing | N |
| For the strange still years | Y |
| For what she knows and knows not | Z |
| For the wells of ancient tears | H |
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| A voice calls from the rapids | A2 |
| Deep careless and free | W |
| A voice that is larger than her life | C |
| Or than her death shall be | W |
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| She covers her face with her blanket | B2 |
| Her fierce soul hates her breath | C2 |
| As it cries with a sudden passion | D2 |
| For life or death | C2 |
Duncan Campbell Scott
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