Silhouette Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG ICCI| The sky line melts from russet into blue | A |
| Unbroken the horizon saving where | B |
| A wreath of smoke curls up the far thin air | B |
| And points the distant lodges of the Sioux | A |
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| Etched where the lands and cloudlands touch and die | C |
| A solitary Indian tepee stands | D |
| The only habitation of these lands | D |
| That roll their magnitude from sky to sky | C |
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| The tent poles lift and loom in thin relief | E |
| The upward floating smoke ascends between | F |
| And near the open doorway gaunt and lean | F |
| And shadow like there stands an Indian Chief | E |
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| With eyes that lost their lustre long ago | G |
| With visage fixed and stern as fate's decree | H |
| He looks towards the empty west to see | H |
| The never coming herd of buffalo | G |
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| Only the bones that bleach upon the plains | I |
| Only the fleshless skeletons that lie | C |
| In ghastly nakedness and silence cry | C |
| Out mutely that naught else to him remains | I |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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