The Wolf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIHH HH| Like a grey shadow lurking in the light | A |
| He ventures forth along the edge of night | A |
| With silent foot he scouts the coulie's rim | B |
| And scents the carrion awaiting him | B |
| His savage eyeballs lurid with a flare | C |
| Seen but in unfed beasts which leave their lair | C |
| To wrangle with their fellows for a meal | D |
| Of bones ill covered Sets he forth to steal | D |
| To search and snarl and forage hungrily | E |
| A worthless prairie vagabond is he | E |
| Luckless the settler's heifer which astray | F |
| Falls to his fangs and violence a prey | F |
| Useless her blatant calling when his teeth | G |
| Are fast upon her quivering flank beneath | G |
| His fell voracity she falls and dies | H |
| With inarticulate and piteous cries | H |
| Unheard unheeded in the barren waste | I |
| To be devoured with savage greed and haste | I |
| Up the horizon once again he prowls | H |
| And far across its desolation howls | H |
| Sneaking and satisfied his lair he gains | H |
| And leaves her bones to bleach upon the plains | H |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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