The Eagle And The Mole Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM| Avoid the reeking herd | A |
| Shun the polluted flock | B |
| Live like that stoic bird | A |
| The eagle of the rock | B |
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| The huddled warmth of crowds | C |
| Begets and fosters hate | D |
| He keeps above the clouds | C |
| His cliff inviolate | E |
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| When flocks are folded warm | F |
| And herds to shelter run | G |
| He sails above the storm | F |
| He stares into the sun | G |
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| If in the eagle's track | H |
| Your sinews cannot leap | I |
| Avoid the lathered pack | H |
| Turn from the steaming sheep | I |
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| If you would keep your soul | J |
| From spotted sight or sound | K |
| Live like the velvet mole | J |
| Go burrow underground | K |
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| And there hold intercourse | L |
| With roots of trees and stones | M |
| With rivers at their source | L |
| And disembodied bones | M |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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