Calgary Of The Plains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG HHII| Not of the seething cities with their swarming human hives | A |
| Their fetid airs their reeking streets their dwarfed and poisoned lives | B |
| Not of the buried yesterdays but of the days to be | C |
| The glory and the gateway of the yellow West is she | C |
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| The Northern Lights dance down her plains with soft and silvery feet | D |
| The sunrise gilds her prairies when the dawn and daylight meet | D |
| Along her level lands the fitful southern breezes sweep | E |
| And beyond her western windows the sublime old mountains sleep | E |
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| The Redman haunts her portals and the Paleface treads her streets | F |
| The Indian's stealthy footstep with the course of commerce meets | F |
| And hunters whisper vaguely of the half forgotten tales | G |
| Of phantom herds of bison lurking on her midnight trails | G |
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| Not hers the lore of olden lands their laurels and their bays | H |
| But what are these compared to one of all her perfect days | H |
| For naught can buy the jewel that upon her forehead lies | I |
| The cloudless sapphire Heaven of her territorial skies | I |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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