Poet E. J. Pratt

E. J. Pratt

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The Return Of The Cat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDAAECCEFCFEGHGH IJJJKJJKLLMMLJFJFJNJ NJJJOOPQPQRSSRRTRTR

Time morningA
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A half point Nor'ard from the WestB
A bluish tinted spot of lightC
Now deep below now on the crestB
Of a high wave hove into sightC
And by the curves and speed it madeD
Conviction came to every ShadeD
That here the monster was returningA
With all those inner fires burningA
That no destruction could assuageE
Though through the hours of the nightC
The floating victims of the fightC
Showed how the wild cat could engageE
His foes achieve his victoriesF
For those he could not kill outrightC
Had either died from heart diseaseF
Or passed out through a haemorrhageE
An unexpected wonder metG
His rolling unabated eyeH
For when he reached the parapetG
He found the witches' cauldron dryH
And there was something which surprisedI
Him even more the drunken riotJ
Was followed by a holy quietJ
The fish lay dead or paralysedJ
No witch this time came forth to serveK
His inbred hunger for assaultJ
With either rum or wine or maltJ
The thing told heavily on his nerveK
That near that massive banquet placeL
Not one lone member of his raceL
Outside the fortress or withinM
Survived to give him grin for grinM
Or swish a tail across his faceL
And so this wild cat now bereftJ
Of all of life's amenitiesF
Took one blood curdling leap and leftJ
Magellan's for the vacant seasF
Sullen and dangerous he rippedJ
A gleaming furrow through the waterN
Magnificently still equippedJ
For combat with rapine and slaughterN
Now with his tail electro tippedJ
Swiftly but leisurely he madeJ
Around the steaming palisadeJ
A blazing spiral which outshoneO
The fiercest glow of AcheronO
Then suddenly as if awareP
By a deep ferment in his soulQ
Or something psychic in his hairP
Of some ulterior mystic goalQ
He sharply turned began a lonelyR
Voyage pregnant of immortal raidsS
And epic plunder But the ShadesS
Saw him no more in the flesh OnlyR
To Satan and the witches threeR
In touch with his galvanic tailT
By more occulted masonryR
Appeared a phosphorescent trailT
That headed for the Irish SeaR

E. J. Pratt



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