The Song Of Hiawatha Ii: The Four Winds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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'Honor be to Mudjekeewis 'A
Cried the warriors cried the old menB
When he came in triumph homewardC
With the sacred Belt of WampumD
From the regions of the North WindE
From the kingdom of WabassoF
From the land of the White RabbitG
He had stolen the Belt of WampumD
From the neck of Mishe MokwaH
From the Great Bear of the mountainsF
From the terror of the nationsF
As he lay asleep and cumbrousF
On the summit of the mountainsF
Like a rock with mosses on itI
Spotted brown and gray with mossesF
Silently he stole upon himJ
Till the red nails of the monsterK
Almost touched him almost scared himJ
Till the hot breath of his nostrilsF
Warmed the hands of MudjekeewisF
As he drew the Belt of WampumD
Over the round ears that heard notL
Over the small eyes that saw notL
Over the long nose and nostrilsF
The black muffle of the nostrilsF
Out of which the heavy breathingM
Warmed the hands of MudjekeewisF
Then he swung aloft his war clubN
Shouted loud and long his war cryO
Smote the mighty Mishe MokwaH
In the middle of the foreheadP
Right between the eyes he smote himJ
With the heavy blow bewilderedC
Rose the Great Bear of the mountainsF
But his knees beneath him trembledQ
And he whimpered like a womanR
As he reeled and staggered forwardC
As he sat upon his haunchesF
And the mighty MudjekeewisF
Standing fearlessly before himJ
Taunted him in loud derisionR
Spake disdainfully in this wiseF
'Hark you Bear you are a cowardC
And no Brave as you pretendedS
Else you would not cry and whimperK
Like a miserable womanR
Bear you know our tribes are hostileT
Long have been at war togetherK
Now you find that we are strongestU
You go sneaking in the forestU
You go hiding in the mountainsF
Had you conquered me in battleT
Not a groan would I have utteredC
But you Bear sit here and whimperK
And disgrace your tribe by cryingM
Like a wretched ShaugodayaV
Like a cowardly old woman 'A
Then again he raised his war clubN
Smote again the Mishe MokwaH
In the middle of his foreheadP
Broke his skull as ice is brokenR
When one goes to fish in WinterK
Thus was slain the Mishe MokwaH
He the Great Bear of the mountainsF
He the terror of the nationsF
'Honor be to Mudjekeewis 'A
With a shout exclaimed the peopleT
'Honor be to MudjekeewisF
Henceforth he shall be the West WindE
And hereafter and foreverK
Shall he hold supreme dominionR
Over all the winds of heavenR
Call him no more MudjekeewisF
Call him Kabeyun the West Wind 'A
Thus was Mudjekeewis chosenR
Father of the Winds of HeavenR
For himself he kept the West WindE
Gave the others to his childrenR
Unto Wabun gave the East WindE
Gave the South to ShawondaseeF
And the North Wind wild and cruelT
To the fierce KabibonokkaM
Young and beautiful was WabunR
He it was who brought the morningM
He it was whose silver arrowsF
Chased the dark o'er hill and valleyW
He it was whose cheeks were paintedS
With the brightest streaks of crimsonR
And whose voice awoke the villageX
Called the deer and called the hunterK
Lonely in the sky was WabunR
Though the birds sang gayly to himJ
Though the wild flowers of the meadowY
Filled the air with odors for himJ
Though the forests and the riversF
Sang and shouted at his comingM
Still his heart was sad within himJ
For he was alone in heavenR
But one morning gazing earthwardY
While the village still was sleepingM
And the fog lay on the riverK
Like a ghost that goes at sunriseF
He beheld a maiden walkingM
All alone upon a meadowY
Gathering water flags and rushesF
By a river in the meadowY
Every morning gazing earthwardY
Still the first thing he beheld thereZ
Was her blue eyes looking at himJ
Two blue lakes among the rushesF
And he loved the lonely maidenR
Who thus waited for his comingM
For they both were solitaryW
She on earth and he in heavenR
And he wooed her with caressesF
Wooed her with his smile of sunshineR
With his flattering words he wooed herK
With his sighing and his singingM
Gentlest whispers in the branchesF
Softest music sweetest odorsF
Till he drew her to his bosomD
Folded in his robes of crimsonR
Till into a star he changed herK
Trembling still upon his bosomD
And forever in the heavensF
They are seen together walkingM
Wabun and the Wabun AnnungM
Wabun and the Star of MorningM
But the fierce KabibonokkaM
Had his dwelling among icebergsF
In the everlasting snow driftsF
In the kingdom of WabassoF
In the land of the White RabbitY
He it was whose hand in AutumnD
Painted all the trees with scarletY
Stained the leaves with red and yellowY
He it was who sent the snow flakeM
Sifting hissing through the forestY
Froze the ponds the lakes the riversF
Drove the loon and sea gull southwardY
Drove the cormorant and curlewY
To their nests of sedge and sea tangM
In the realms of ShawondaseeF
Once the fierce KabibonokkaM
Issued from his lodge of snow driftsF
From his home among the icebergsF
And his hair with snow besprinkledY
Streamed behind him like a riverK
Like a black and wintry riverK
As he howled and hurried southwardY
Over frozen lakes and moorlandsF
There among the reeds and rushesF
Found he Shingebis the diverK
Trailing strings of fish behind himJ
O'er the frozen fens and moorlandsF
Lingering still among the moorlandsF
Though his tribe had long departedY
To the land of ShawondaseeF
Cried the fierce KabibonokkaM
'Who is this that dares to brave meW
Dares to stay in my dominionsF
When the Wawa has departedY
When the wild goose has gone southwardY
And the heron the Shuh shuh gahM
Long ago departed southwardY
I will go into his wigwamA2
I will put his smouldering fire out 'A
And at night KabibonokkaM
To the lodge came wild and wailingM
Heaped the snow in drifts about itY
Shouted down into the smoke flueY
Shook the lodge poles in his furyW
Flapped the curtain of the door wayH
Shingebis the diver feared notY
Shingebis the diver cared notY
Four great logs had he for firewoodY
One for each moon of the winterK
And for food the fishes served himJ
By his blazing fire he sat thereZ
Warm and merry eating laughingM
Singing 'O KabibonokkaM
You are but my fellow mortal 'A
Then Kabibonokka enteredY
And though Shingebis the diverK
Felt his presence by the coldnessF
Felt his icy breath upon himJ
Still he did not cease his singingM
Still he did not leave his laughingM
Only turned the log a littleY
Only made the fire burn brighterK
Made the sparks fly up the smoke flueY
From Kabibonokka's foreheadY
From his snow besprinkled tressesF
Drops of sweat fell fast and heavyW
Making dints upon the ashesF
As along the eaves of lodgesF
As from drooping boughs of hemlockM
Drips the melting snow in spring timeB2
Making hollows in the snow driftsF
Till at last he rose defeatedY
Could not bear the heat and laughterK
Could not bear the merry singingM
But rushed headlong through the door wayH
Stamped upon the crusted snow driftsF
Stamped upon the lakes and riversF
Made the snow upon them harderK
Made the ice upon them thickerK
Challenged Shingebis the diverK
To come forth and wrestle with himJ
To come forth and wrestle nakedY
On the frozen fens and moorlandsF
Forth went Shingebis the diverK
Wrestled all night with the North WindY
Wrestled naked on the moorlandsF
With the fierce KabibonokkaM
Till his panting breath grew fainterK
Till his frozen grasp grew feeblerK
Till he reeled and staggered backwardY
And retreated baffled beatenR
To the kingdom of WabassoF
To the land of the White RabbitY
Hearing still the gusty laughterK
Hearing Shingebis the diverK
Singing 'O KabibonokkaM
You are but my fellow mortal 'A
Shawondasee fat and lazyF
Had his dwelling far to southwardY
In the drowsy dreamy sunshineR
In the never ending SummerK
He it wasF

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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