The Hunter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH| Cheek that is tanned to the wind of the north | A |
| Body that jests at the bite of the cold | B |
| Limbs that are eager and strong to go forth | A |
| Into the wilds and the ways of the bold | B |
| Red blood that pulses and throbs in the veins | C |
| Ears that love silences better than noise | D |
| Strength of the forest and health of the plains | C |
| These the rewards that the hunter enjoys | D |
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| Forests were ever the cradles of men | E |
| Manhood is born of a kinship with trees | F |
| Whence shall come brave hearts and stout muscles when | E |
| Woods have made way for our cities of ease | F |
| Oh do you wonder that stalwarts return | G |
| Yearly to hark to the whispering oaks | H |
| 'Tis for the brave days of old that they yearn | G |
| These are the splendors the hunter invokes | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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