The Yak Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC DEDEDFFGDF| As a friend to the children | A |
| Commend me the Yak | B |
| You will find it exactly the thing | C |
| It will carry and fetch you can ride on its back | B |
| Or lead it about with a string | C |
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| The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Thibet | D |
| A desolate region of snow | E |
| Has for centuries made it a nursery pet | D |
| And surely the Tartar should know | E |
| Then tell you papa where the Yak can be got | D |
| And if he is awfully rich | F |
| He will buy you the creature mdash | F |
| or else | G |
| he will not | D |
| I cannot be positive which | F |
Hilaire Belloc
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