The Cattle Country Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH GIGI JKJK| Up the dusk enfolded prairie | A |
| Foot falls soft and sly | B |
| Velvet cushioned wild and wary | A |
| Then the coyote's cry | B |
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| Rush of hoofs and roar and rattle | C |
| Beasts of blood and breed | D |
| Twenty thousand frightened cattle | C |
| Then the wild stampede | D |
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| Pliant lasso circling wider | E |
| In the frenzied flight | F |
| Loping horse and cursing rider | E |
| Plunging through the night | F |
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| Rim of dawn the darkness losing | G |
| Trail of blackened soil | H |
| Perfume of the sage brush oozing | G |
| On the air like oil | H |
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| Foothills to the Rockies lifting | G |
| Brown and blue and green | I |
| Warm Alberta sunlight drifting | G |
| Over leagues between | I |
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| That's the country of the ranges | J |
| Plain and prairie land | K |
| And the God who never changes | J |
| Holds it in His hand | K |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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