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The Song Of Hiawatha - V - Hiawatha's Fasting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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You shall hear how Hiawatha	A
Prayed and fasted in the forest	B
Not for greater skill in hunting	C
Not for greater craft in fishing	C
Not for triumphs in the battle	D
And renown among the warriors	E
But for profit of the people	D
For advantage of the nations	F
First he built a lodge for fasting	C
Built a wigwam in the forest	B
By the shining Big Sea Water	G
In the blithe and pleasant Spring time	H
In the Moon of Leaves he built it	I
And with dreams and visions many	J
Seven whole days and nights he fasted	K
On the first day of his fasting	C
Through the leafy woods he wandered	L
Saw the deer start from the thicket	I
Saw the rabbit in his burrow	M
Heard the pheasant Bena drumming	C
Heard the squirrel Adjidaumo	H
Rattling in his hoard of acorns	N
Saw the pigeon the Omeme	H
Building nests among the pine trees	O
And in flocks the wild goose Wawa	P
Flying to the fen lands northward	L
Whirring wailing far above him	H
Master of Life he cried desponding	C
Must our lives depend on these things	Q
On the next day of his fasting	C
By the river's brink he wandered	L
Through the Muskoday the meadow	M
Saw the wild rice Mahnomonee	J
Saw the blueberry Meenahga	C
And the strawberry Odahmin	J
And the gooseberry Shahbomin	J
And the grape vine the Bemahgut	M
Trailing o'er the alder branches	R
Filling all the air with fragrance	S
Master of Life he cried desponding	C
Must our lives depend on these things	Q
On the third day of his fasting	C
By the lake he sat and pondered	M
By the still transparent water	G
Saw the sturgeon Nahma leaping	C
Scattering drops like beads of wampum	H
Saw the yellow perch the Sahwa	P
Like a sunbeam in the water	G
Saw the pike the Maskenozha	T
And the herring Okahahwis	Q
And the Shawgashee the crawfish	U
Master of Life he cried desponding	C
Must our lives depend on these things	Q
On the fourth day of his fasting	C
In his lodge he lay exhausted	M
From his couch of leaves and branches	Q
Gazing with half open eyelids	Q
Full of shadowy dreams and visions	Q
On the dizzy swimming landscape	V
On the gleaming of the water	G
On the splendor of the sunset	M
And he saw a youth approaching	C
Dressed in garments green and yellow	M
Coming through the purple twilight	M
Through the splendor of the sunset	M
Plumes of green bent o'er his forehead	M
And his hair was soft and golden	J
Standing at the open doorway	P
Long he looked at Hiawatha	A
Looked with pity and compassion	J
On his wasted form and features	Q
And in accents like the sighing	C
Of the South Wind in the tree tops	Q
Said he O my Hiawatha	A
All your prayers are heard in heaven	J
For you pray not like the others	Q
Not for greater skill in hunting	C
Not for greater craft in fishing	C
Not for triumph in the battle	D
Nor renown among the warriors	Q
But for profit of the people	D
For advantage of the nations	Q
From the Master of Life descending	C
I the friend of man Mondamin	J
Come to warn you and instruct you	W
How by struggle and by labor	G
You shall gain what you have prayed for	X
Rise up from your bed of branches	Q
Rise O youth and wrestle with me	H
Faint with famine Hiawatha	A
Started from his bed of branches	Q
From the twilight of his wigwam	H
Forth into the flush of sunset	M
Came and wrestled with Mondamin	J
At his touch he felt new courage	Y
Throbbing in his brain and bosom	H
Felt new life and hope and vigor	G
Run through every nerve and fibre	G
So they wrestled there together	G
In the glory of the sunset	M
And the more they strove and struggled	M
Stronger still grew Hiawatha	A
Till the darkness fell around them	H
And the heron the Shuh shuh gah	C
From her nest among the pine trees	Q
Gave a cry of lamentation	J
Gave a scream of pain and famine	J
'T is enough then said Mondamin	J
Smiling upon Hiawatha	A
But tomorrow when the sun sets	Q
I will come again to try you	W
And he vanished and was seen not	M
Whether sinking as the rain sinks	Q
Whether rising as the mists rise	Q
Hiawatha saw not knew not	M
Only saw that he had vanished	M
Leaving him alone and fainting	C
With the misty lake below him	H
And the reeling stars above him	H
On the morrow and the next day	P
When the sun through heaven descending	C
Like a red and burning cinder	G
From the hearth of the Great Spirit	M
Fell into the western waters	Q
Came Mondamin for the trial	D
For the strife with Hiawatha	A
Came as silent as the dew comes	Q
From the empty air appearing	C
Into empty air returning	C
Taking shape when earth it touches	Q
But invisible to all men	J
In its coming and its going	C
Thrice they wrestled there together	G
In the glory of the sunset	M
Till the darkness fell around them	H
Till the heron the Shuh shuh gah	C
From her nest among the pine trees	Q
Uttered her loud cry of famine	J
And Mondamin paused to listen	J
Tall and beautiful he stood there	Z
In his garments green and yellow	M
To and fro his plumes above him	H
Waved and nodded with his breathing	C
And the sweat of the encounter	G
Stood like drops of dew upon him	H
And he cried O Hiawatha	A
Bravely have you wrestled with me	H
Thrice have wrestled stoutly with me	H
And the Master of Life who sees us	Q
He will give to you the triumph	A2
Then he smiled and said To morrow	M
Is the last day of your conflict	M
Is the last day of your fasting	C
You will conquer and o'ercome me	H
Make a bed for me to lie in	J
Where the rain may fall upon me	H
Where the sun may come and warm me	H
Strip these garments green and yellow	M
Strip this nodding plumage from me	H
Lay me in the earth and make it	M
Soft and loose and light above me	H
Let no hand disturb my slumber	G
Let no weed nor worm molest me	H
Let not Kahgahgee the raven	J
Come to haunt me and molest me	H
Only come yourself to watch me	H
Till I wake and start and quicken	J
Till I leap into the sunshine	J
And thus saying he departed	M
Peacefully slept Hiawatha	A
But he heard the Wawonaissa	Q
Heard the whippoorwill complaining	C
Perched upon his lonely wigwam	H
Heard the rushing Sebowisha	U
Heard the rivulet rippling near him	H
Talking to the darksome forest	M
Heard the sighing of the branches	Q
As they lifted and subsided	M
At the passing of the night wind	M
Heard them as one hears in slumber	G
Far off murmurs dreamy whispers	Q
Peacefully slept Hiawatha	A
On the morrow came Nokomis	Q
On the seventh day of his fasting	C
Came with food for Hiawatha	A
Came imploring and bewailing	C
Lest his hunger should o'ercome him	H
Lest his fasting should be fatal	D
But he tasted not and touched not	M
Only said to her Nokomis	Q
Wait until the sun is setting	C
Till the darkness falls around us	Q
Till the heron the Shuh shuh gah	C
Crying from the desolate marshes	Q
Tells us that the day is ended	M
Homeward weeping went Nokomis	Q
Sorrowing for her Hiawatha	A
Fearing lest his strength should fail him	H
Lest his fasting should be fatal	D
He meanwhile sat weary waiting	C
For the coming of Mondamin	J
Till the shadows pointing eastward	M
Lengthened over field and forest	M
Till the sun dropped from the heaven	J
Floating on the waters westward	M
As a red leaf in the Autumn	J
Falls and floats upon the water	G
Falls and sinks into its bosom	J
And behold the young Mondamin	J
With his soft and shining tresses	Q
With his garments green and yellow	M
With his long and glossy plumage	Y
Stood and beckoned at the doorway	P
And as one in slumber walking	C
Pale and haggard but undaunted	M
From the wigwam Hiawatha	A
Came and wrestled with Mondamin	J
Round about him spun the landscape	V
Sky and forest reeled together	G
And his strong heart leaped within him	H
As the sturgeon leaps and struggles	Q
In a net to break its meshes	Q
Like a ring of fire around him	H
Blazed and flared the red horizon	J
And a hundred suns seemed looking	C
At the combat of the wrestlers	Q
Suddenly upon the greensward	M
All alone stood Hiawatha	A
Panting with his wild exertion	J
Palpitating with the struggle	D
And before him breathless lifeless	Q
Lay the youth with hair dishevelled	M
Plumage torn and garments tattered	M
Dead he lay there in the sunset	M
And victorious Hiawatha	A
Made the grave as he commanded	M
Stripped the garments from Mondamin	J
Stripped his tattered plumage from him	H
Laid him in the earth and made it	M
Soft and loose and light above him	H
And the heron the Shuh shuh gah	C
From the melancholy moorlands	Q
Gave a cry of lamentation	J
Gave a cry of pain and anguish	U
Homeward then went Hiawatha	A
To the lodge of old Nokomis	Q
And the seven days of his fasting	C
Were accomplished and completed	M
But the place was not forgotten	J
Where he wrestled with Mondamin	J
Nor forgotten nor neglected	M
Was the grave where lay Mondamin	J
Sleeping in the rain and sunshine	J
Where his scattered plumes and garments	Q
Faded in the rain and sunshine	J
Day by day did Hiawatha	A
Go to wait and watch beside it	M
Kept the dark mould soft above it	M
Kept it clean from weeds and insects	Q
Drove away with scoffs and shoutings	Q
Kahgahgee the king of ravens	Q
Till at length a small green feather	G
From the earth shot slowly upward	M
Then another and another	G
And before the Summer ended	M
Stood the maize in all its beauty	M
With its shining robes about it	M
And its long soft yellow tresses	Q
And in rapture Hiawatha	A
Cried aloud It is Mondamin	J
Yes the friend of man Mondamin	J
Then he called to old Nokomis	Q
And Iagoo the great boaster	G
Showed them where the maize was growing	C
Told them of his wondrous vision	J
Of his wrestling and his triumph	A2
Of this new gift to the nations	Q
Which should be their food forever	G
And still later when the Autumn	J
Changed the long green leaves to yellow	M
And the soft and juicy kernels	Q
Grew like wampum hard and yellow	M
Then the ripened ears he gathered	M
Stripped the withered husks from off them	H
As he once had stripped the wrestler	G
Gave the first Feast of Mondamin	J
And made known unto the people	D
This new gift of the Great Spirit	M