The Train Dogs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB ADEED AFGGF AHIIHOut of the night and the north | A |
Savage of breed and of bone | B |
Shaggy and swift comes the yelping band | C |
Freighters of fur from the voiceless land | C |
That sleeps in the Arctic zone | B |
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Laden with skins from the north | A |
Beaver and bear and raccoon | D |
Marten and mink from the polar belts | E |
Otter and ermine and sable pelts | E |
The spoils of the hunter's moon | D |
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Out of the night and the north | A |
Sinewy fearless and fleet | F |
Urging the pack through the pathless snow | G |
The Indian driver calling low | G |
Follows with moccasined feet | F |
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Ships of the night and the north | A |
Freighters on prairies and plains | H |
Carrying cargoes from field and flood | I |
They scent the trail through their wild red blood | I |
The wolfish blood in their veins | H |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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