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Hiawatha's Fishing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Forth upon the Gitche Gumee	A
On the shining Big Sea Water	B
With his fishing line of cedar	B
Of the twisted bark of cedar	B
Forth to catch the sturgeon Nahma	A
Mishe Nahma King of Fishes	C
In his birch canoe exulting	D
All alone went Hiawatha	E
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Through the clear transparent water	B
He could see the fishes swimming	D
Far down in the depths below him	A
See the yellow perch the Sahwa	F
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Like a sunbeam in the water	B
See the Shawgashee the craw fish	G
Like a spider on the bottom	A
On the white and sandy bottom	A
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At the stern sat Hiawatha	E
With his fishing line of cedar	B
In his plumes the breeze of morning	D
Played as in the hemlock branches	C
On the bows with tail erected	H
Sat the squirrel Adjidaumo	A
In his fur the breeze of morning	D
Played as in the prairie grasses	C
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On the white sand of the bottom	A
Lay the monster Mishe Nahma	A
Lay the sturgeon King of Fishes	C
Through his gills he breathed the water	B
With his fins he fanned and winnowed	I
With his tail he swept the sand floor	J
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There he lay in all his armor	B
On each side a shield to guard him	A
Plates of bone upon his forehead	K
Down his sides and back and shoulders	L
Plates of bone with spines projecting	D
Painted was he with his war paints	M
Stripes of yellow red and azure	B
Spots of brown and spots of sable	N
And he lay there on the bottom	A
Fanning with his fins of purple	N
As above him Hiawatha	E
In his birch canoe came sailing	D
With his fishing line of cedar	B
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Take my bait cried Hiawatha	E
Down into the depths beneath him	A
Take my bait O sturgeon Nahma	A
Come up from below the water	B
Let us see which is the stronger	B
And he dropped his line of cedar	B
Through the clear transparent water	B
Waited vainly for an answer	B
Long sat waiting for an answer	B
And repeating loud and louder	B
Take my bait O King of Fishes	C
	-
Quiet lay the sturgeon Nahma	A
Fanning slowly in the water	B
Looking up at Hiawatha	E
Listening to his call and clamor	B
His unnecessary tumult	O
Till he wearied of the shouting	D
And he said to the Kenozha	P
To the pike the Maskenozha	P
Take the bait of this rude fellow	Q
Break the line of Hiawatha	E
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In his fingers Hiawatha	E
Felt the loose line jerk and tighten	R
As he drew it in it tugged so	Q
That the birch canoe stood endwise	Q
Like a birch log in the water	B
With the squirrel Adjidaumo	A
Perched and frisking on the summit	S
	-
Full of scorn was Hiawatha	E
When he saw the fish rise upward	T
Saw the pike the Maskenozha	P
Coming nearer nearer to him	A
And he shouted through the water	B
Esa esa shame upon you	U
You are but the pike Kenozha	P
You are not the fish I wanted	H
You are not the King of Fishes	Q
	-
Reeling downward to the bottom	A
Sank the pike in great confusion	R
And the mighty sturgeon Nahma	A
Said to Ugudwash the sun fish	G
To the bream with scales of crimson	R
Take the bait of this great boaster	B
Break the line of Hiawatha	E
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Slowly upward wavering gleaming	D
Rose the Ugudwash the sun fish	G
Seized the line of Hiawatha	E
Swung with all his weight upon it	V
Made a whirlpool in the water	B
Whirled the birch canoe in circles	Q
Round and round in gurgling eddies	Q
Till the circles in the water	B
Reached the far off sandy beaches	Q
Till the water flags and rushes	Q
Nodded on the distant margins	Q
	-
But when Hiawatha saw him	A
Slowly rising through the water	B
Lifting up his disk refulgent	V
Loud he shouted in derision	R
Esa esa shame upon you	U
You are Ugudwash the sun fish	G
You are not the fish I wanted	V
You are not the King of Fishes	Q
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Slowly downward wavering gleaming	D
Sank the Ugudwash the sun fish	G
And again the sturgeon Nahma	A
Heard the shout of Hiawatha	E
Heard his challenge of defiance	Q
The unnecessary tumult	V
Ringing far across the water	B
	-
From the white sand of the bottom	A
Up he rose with angry gesture	B
Quivering in each nerve and fibre	B
Clashing all his plates of armor	B
Gleaming bright with all his war paint	V
In his wrath he darted upward	V
Flashing leaped into the sunshine	W
Opened his great jaws and swallowed	V
Both canoe and Hiawatha	E
	-
Down into that darksome cavern	X
Plunged the headlong Hiawatha	E
As a log on some black river	B
Shoots and plunges down the rapids	Q
Found himself in utter darkness	Q
Groped about in helpless wonder	B
Till he felt a great heart beating	D
Throbbing in that utter darkness	Q
	-
And he smote it in his anger	B
With his fist the heart of Nahma	A
Felt the mighty King of Fishes	Q
Shudder through each nerve and fibre	B
Heard the water gurgle round him	A
As he leaped and staggered through it	V
Sick at heart and faint and weary	B
	-
Crosswise then did Hiawatha	E
Drag his birch canoe for safety	B
Lest from out the jaws of Nahma	A
In the turmoil and confusion	R
Forth he might be hurled and perish	G
And the squirrel Adjidaumo	A
Frisked and chattered very gayly	Q
Toiled and tugged with Hiawatha	E
Till the labor was completed	V
	-
Then said Hiawatha to him	A
O my little friend the squirrel	Q
Bravely have you toiled to help me	A
Take the thanks of Hiawatha	E
And the name which now he gives you	U
For hereafter and forever	B
Boys shall call you Adjidaumo	A
Tail in air the boys shall call you	U
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And again the sturgeon Nahma	A
Gasped and quivered in the water	B
Then was still and drifted landward	V
Till he grated on the pebbles	Q
Till the listening Hiawatha	E
Heard him grate upon the margin	R
Felt him strand upon the pebbles	Q
Knew that Nahma King of Fishes	Q
Lay there dead upon the margin	R
	-
Then he heard a clang and flapping	D
As of many wings assembling	D
Heard a screaming and confusion	R
As of birds of prey contending	D
Saw a gleam of light above him	A
Shining through the ribs of Nahma	A
Saw the glittering eyes of sea gulls	Q
Of Kayoshk the sea gulls peering	D
Gazing at him through the opening	D
Heard them saying to each other	B
'Tis our brother Hiawatha	E
	-
And he shouted from below them	A
Cried exulting from the caverns	Q
O ye sea gulls O my brothers	Q
I have slain the sturgeon Nahma	A
Make the rifts a little larger	B
With your claws the openings widen	R
Set me free from this dark prison	R
And henceforward and forever	B
Men shall speak of your achievements	Q
Calling you Kayoshk the sea gulls	Q
Yes Kayoshk the Noble Scratchers	Q
	-
And the wild and clamorous sea gulls	Q
Toiled with beak and claws together	B
Made the rifts and openings wider	B
In the mighty ribs of Nahma	A
And from peril and from prison	R
From the body of the sturgeon	R
From the peril of the water	B
They released my Hiawatha	E
	-
He was standing near his wigwam	A
On the margin of the water	B
And he called to old Nokomis	Q
Called and beckoned to Nokomis	Q
Pointed to the sturgeon Nahma	A
Lying lifeless on the pebbles	Q
With the sea gulls feeding on him	A
	-
I have slain the Mishe Nahma	A
Slain the King of Fishes said he	A
Look the sea gulls feed upon him	A
Yes my friends Kayoshk the sea gulls	Q
Drive them not away Nokomis	Q
They have saved me from great peril	Q
In the body of the sturgeon	R
Wait until their meal is ended	V
Till their craws are full with feasting	D
Till they homeward fly at sunset	V
To their nests among the marshes	Q
Then bring all your pots and kettles	Q
And make oil for us in Winter	B
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And she waited till the sun set	V
Till the pallid moon the Night sun	R
Rose above the tranquil water	B
Till Kayoshk the sated sea gulls	Q
From their banquet rose with clamor	B
And across the fiery sunset	V
Winged their way to far off islands	Q
To their nests among the rushes	Q
	-
To his sleep went Hiawatha	E
And Nokomis to her labor	B
Toiling patient in the moonlight	V
Till the sun and moon changed places	Q
Till the sky was red with sunrise	Q
And Kayoshk the hungry sea gulls	Q
Came back from the reedy islands	Q
Clamorous for their morning banquet	V
	-
Three whole days and nights alternate	V
Old Nokomis and the seagulls	Q
Stripped the oily flesh of Nahma	A
Till the waves washed through the rib bones	Q
Till the sea gulls came no longer	B
And upon the sands lay nothing	D
But the skeleton of Nahma	A