The Owl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDED FEEE GHIH| DOWNHILL I came hungry and yet not starved | A |
| Cold yet had heat within me that was proof | B |
| Against the north wind tired yet so that rest | C |
| Had seemed the sweetest thing under a roof | B |
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| Then at the inn I had food fire and rest | C |
| Knowing how hungry cold and tired was I | D |
| All of the night was quite barred out except | E |
| An owl's cry a most melancholy cry | D |
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| Shaken out long and clear upon the hill | F |
| No merry note nor cause of merriment | E |
| But one telling me plain what I escaped | E |
| And others could not that night as in I went | E |
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| And salted was my food and my repose | G |
| Salted and sobered too by the bird's voice | H |
| Speaking for all who lay under the stars | I |
| Soldiers and poor unable to rejoice | H |
Edward Thomas
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