Uhland's White Stag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB C DD C EE C FF GG BBFInto the woods three huntsmen came | A |
Seeking the white stag for their game | A |
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They laid them under a green fir tree | B |
And slept and dreamed strange things to see | B |
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FIRST HUNTSMAN | C |
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I dreamt I was beating the leafy brush | D |
When out popped the noble stag hush hush | D |
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SECOND HUNTSMAN | C |
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As ahead of the clamorous pack he sprang | E |
I pelted him hard in the hide piff bang | E |
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THIRD HUNTSMAN | C |
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And as that stag lay dead I blew | F |
On my horn a lusty tir ril la loo | F |
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So speak the three as there they lay | G |
When lo the white stag sped that way | G |
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Frisked his heels at those huntsmen three | B |
Then leagues o'er hill and dale was he | B |
Hush hush Piff bang Tir ril la loo | F |
Eugene Field
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