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The Song Of Hiawatha X: Hiawatha's Wooing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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'As unto the bow the cord is	A
So unto the man is woman	B
Though she bends him she obeys him	C
Though she draws him yet she follows	D
Useless each without the other '	E
	-
Thus the youthful Hiawatha	F
Said within himself and pondered	G
Much perplexed by various feelings	H
Listless longing hoping fearing	I
Dreaming still of Minnehaha	J
Of the lovely Laughing Water	K
In the land of the Dacotahs	H
	-
'Wed a maiden of your people '	-
Warning said the old Nokomis	H
'Go not eastward go not westward	G
For a stranger whom we know not	L
Like a fire upon the hearth stone	M
Is a neighbor's homely daughter	K
Like the starlight or the moonlight	N
Is the handsomest of strangers '	-
	-
Thus dissuading spake Nokomis	H
And my Hiawatha answered	G
Only this 'Dear old Nokomis	H
Very pleasant is the firelight	G
But I like the starlight better	K
Better do I like the moonlight '	-
	-
Gravely then said old Nokomis	H
'Bring not here an idle maiden	B
Bring not here a useless woman	B
Hands unskilful feet unwilling	I
Bring a wife with nimble fingers	H
Heart and hand that move together	K
Feet that run on willing errands '	-
	-
Smiling answered Hiawatha	F
'In the land of the Dacotahs	H
Lives the Arrow maker's daughter	K
Minnehaha Laughing Water	K
Handsomest of all the women	B
I will bring her to your wigwam	O
She shall run upon your errands	H
Be your starlight moonlight firelight	G
Be the sunlight of my people '	-
	-
Still dissuading said Nokomis	H
'Bring not to my lodge a stranger	K
From the land of the Dacotahs	H
Very fierce are the Dacotahs	H
Often is there war between us	H
There are feuds yet unforgotten	B
Wounds that ache and still may open	B
	-
Laughing answered Hiawatha	F
'For that reason if no other	K
Would I wed the fair Dacotah	G
That our tribes might be united	G
That old feuds might be forgotten	B
And old wounds be healed forever '	-
	-
Thus departed Hiawatha	F
To the land of the Dacotahs	H
To the land of handsome women	B
Striding over moor and meadow	G
Through interminable forests	H
Through uninterrupted silence	H
	-
With his moccasins of magic	P
At each stride a mile he measured	G
Yet the way seemed long before him	C
And his heart outran his footsteps	H
And he journeyed without resting	I
Till he heard the cataract's laughter	K
Heard the Falls of Minnehaha	J
Calling to him through the silence	H
'Pleasant is the sound ' he murmured	G
'Pleasant is the voice that calls me '	-
	-
On the outskirts of the forests	H
'Twixt the shadow and the sunshine	B
Herds of fallow deer were feeding	I
But they saw not Hiawatha	F
To his bow be whispered 'Fail not '	-
To his arrow whispered 'Swerve not '	-
Sent it singing on its errand	G
To the red heart of the roebuck	Q
Threw the deer across his shoulder	K
And sped forward without pausing	I
	-
At the doorway of his wigwam	O
Sat his ancient Arrow maker	K
In the land of the Dacotahs	H
Making arrow heads of jasper	K
Arrow heads of chalcedony	B
At his side in all her beauty	B
Sat the lovely Minnehaha	J
Sat his daughter Laughing Water	K
Plaiting mats of flags and rushes	H
Of the past the old man's thoughts were	K
And the maiden's of the future	K
	-
He was thinking as he sat there	R
Of the days when with such arrows	H
He had struck the deer and bison	B
On the Muskoday the meadow	G
Shot the wild goose flying southward	G
On the wing the clamorous Wawa	S
Thinking of the great war parties	H
How they came to buy his arrows	H
Could not fight without his arrows	H
Ah no more such noble warriors	H
Could be found on earth as they were	K
Now the men were all like women	B
Only used their tongues for weapons	H
	-
She was thinking of a hunter	K
From another tribe and country	B
Young and tall and very handsome	T
Who one morning in the Spring time	U
Came to buy her father's arrows	H
Lingered long about the doorway	S
Sat and rested in the wigwam	O
Looking back as he departed	G
She had heard her father praise him	C
Praise his courage and his wisdom	T
Would he come again for arrows	H
To the Falls of Minnehaha	J
On the mat her hands lay idle	V
And her eyes were very dreamy	B
	-
Through their thoughts they heard a footstep	W
Heard a rustling in the branches	H
And with glowing cheek and forehead	G
With the deer upon his shoulders	H
Suddenly from out the woodlands	H
Hiawatha stood before them	X
	-
Straight the ancient Arrow maker	K
Looked up gravely from his labor	K
Laid aside the unfinished arrow	G
Bade him enter at the doorway	S
Saying as he rose to meet him	C
'Hiawatha you are welcome '	-
	-
At the feet of Laughing Water	K
Hiawatha laid his burden	B
Threw the red deer from his shoulders	H
And the maiden looked up at him	C
Looked up from her mat of rushes	H
Said with gentle look and accent	G
'You are welcome Hiawatha '	-
	-
Very spacious was the wigwam	O
Made of deer skins dressed and whitened	G
With the Gods of the Dacotahs	H
Drawn and painted on its curtains	H
And so tall the doorway hardly	B
Hiawatha stooped to enter	K
Hardly touched his eagle feathers	H
As he entered at the doorway	S
	-
Then uprose the Laughing Water	K
From the ground fair Minnehaha	J
Laid aside her mat unfinished	G
Brought forth food and set before them	X
Water brought them from the brooklet	G
Gave them food in earthen vessels	H
Gave them drink in bowls of bass wood	G
Listened while the guest was speaking	I
Listened while her father answered	G
But not once her lips she opened	G
Not a single word she uttered	G
	-
Yes as in a dream she listened	G
To the words of Hiawatha	F
As he talked of old Nokomis	H
Who had nursed him in his childhood	G
As he told of his companions	H
Chibiabos the musician	B
And the very strong man Kwasind	G
And of happiness and plenty	G
In the land of the Ojibways	H
In the pleasant land and peaceful	V
	-
'After many years of warfare	R
Many years of strife and bloodshed	G
There is peace between the Ojibways	H
And the tribe of the Dacotahs '	-
Thus continued Hiawatha	F
And then added speaking slowly	G
'That this peace may last forever	K
And our hands be clasped more closely	G
And our hearts be more united	G
Give me as my wife this maiden	B
Minnehaha Laughing Water	K
Loveliest of Dacotah women	B
	-
And the ancient Arrow maker	K
Paused a moment ere he answered	G
Smoked a little while in silence	H
Looked at Hiawatha proudly	G
Fondly looked at Laughing Water	K
And made answer very gravely	G
'Yes if Minnehaha wishes	H
Let your heart speak Minnehaha '	-
	-
And the lovely Laughing Water	K
Seemed more lovely as she stood there	R
Neither willing nor reluctant	G
As she went to Hiawatha	F
Softly took the seat beside him	C
While she said and blushed to say it	G
'I will follow you my husband '	-
	-
This was Hiawatha's wooing	I
Thus it was he won the daughter	K
Of the ancient Arrow maker	K
In the land of the Dacotahs	H
	-
From the wigwam he departed	G
Leading with him Laughing Water	K
Hand in hand they went together	K
Through the woodland and the meadow	G
Left the old man standing lonely	G
At the doorway of his wigwam	O
Heard the Falls of Minnehaha	J
Calling to them from the distance	H
Crying to them from afar off	Y
'Fare thee well O Minnehaha '	-
	-
And the ancient Arrow maker	K
Turned again unto his labor	K
Sat down by his sunny doorway	S
Murmuring to himself and saying	I
'Thus it is our daughters leave us	H
Those we love and those who love us	H
Just when they have learned to help us	H
When we are old and lean upon them	X
Comes a youth with flaunting feathers	H
With his flute of reeds a stranger	K
Wanders piping through the village	Z
Beckons to the fairest maiden	B
And she follows where he leads her	K
Leaving all things for the stranger '	-
	-
Pleasant was the journey homeward	G
Through interminable forests	H
Over meadow over mountain	B
Over river hill and hollow	G
Short it seemed to Hiawatha	F
Though they journeyed very slowly	G
Though his pace he checked and slackened	G
To the steps of Laughing Water	K
	-
Over wide and rushing rivers	H
In his arms he bore the maiden	B
Light he thought her as a feather	K
As the plume upon his head gear	A2
Cleared the tangled pathway for her	K
Bent aside the swaying branches	H
Made at night a lodge of branches	H
And a bed with boughs of hemlock	B2
And a fire before the doorway	S
With the dry cones of the pine tree	G
	-
All the travelling winds went with them	X
O'er the meadows through the forest	G
All the stars of night looked at them	X
Watched with sle	G