The Gnu Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE| G stands for Gnu whose weapon of defence | A |
| Are long sharp curling horns and common sense | A |
| To these he adds a name so short and strong | B |
| That even hardy Boers pronounce it wrong | B |
| How often on a bright autumnal day | C |
| The pious people of Pretoria say | C |
| 'Come let us hunt the ' Then no more is heard | D |
| but sounds of strong men struggling with a word | D |
| Meanwhile the distant Gnu with grateful eyes | E |
| Oberserves his opportunity and flies | E |
Hilaire Belloc
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