The Dark Stag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD EFEFGHGGH IJIJAKAAAK LMLMNONNO PQPQRSRRS HTHTLULLR VKVKWXWWXA startled stag the blue grey Night | A |
Leaps down beyond black pines | B |
Behind a length of yellow light | A |
The hunter's arrow shines | B |
His moccasins are stained with red | C |
He bends upon his knee | D |
From covering peaks his shafts are sped | C |
The blue mists plume his mighty head | C |
Well may the swift Night flee | D |
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The pale pale Moon a snow white doe | E |
Bounds by his dappled flank | F |
They beat the stars down as they go | E |
Like wood bells growing rank | F |
The winds lift dewlaps from the ground | G |
Leap from the quaking reeds | H |
Their hoarse bays shake the forests round | G |
With keen cries on the track they bound | G |
Swift swift the dark stag speeds | H |
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Away his white doe far behind | I |
Lies wounded on the plain | J |
Yells at his flank the nimblest wind | I |
His large tears fall in rain | J |
Like lily pads small clouds grow white | A |
About his darkling way | K |
From his bald nest upon the height | A |
The red eyed eagle sees his flight | A |
He falters turns the antlered Night | A |
The dark stag stands at bay | K |
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His feet are in the waves of space | L |
His antlers broad and dun | M |
He lowers he turns his velvet face | L |
To front the hunter Sun | M |
He stamps the lilied clouds and high | N |
His branches fill the west | O |
The lean stork sails across the sky | N |
The shy loon shrieks to see him die | N |
The winds leap at his breast | O |
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Roar the rent lakes as thro' the wave | P |
Their silver warriors plunge | Q |
As vaults from core of crystal cave | P |
The strong fierce muskallunge | Q |
Red torches of the sumach glare | R |
Fall's council fires are lit | S |
The bittern squaw like scolds the air | R |
The wild duck splashes loudly where | R |
The rustling rice spears knit | S |
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Shaft after shaft the red Sun speeds | H |
Rent the stag's dappled side | T |
His breast fanged by the shrill winds bleeds | H |
He staggers on the tide | T |
He feels the hungry waves of space | L |
Rush at him high and blue | U |
Their white spray smites his dusky face | L |
Swifter the Sun's fierce arrows race | L |
And pierce his stout heart thro' | R |
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His antlers fall once more he spurns | V |
The hoarse hounds of the day | K |
His blood upon the crisp blue burns | V |
Reddens the mounting spray | K |
His branches smite the wave with cries | W |
The loud winds pause and flag | X |
He sinks in space red glow the skies | W |
The brown earth crimsons as he dies | W |
The strong and dusky stag | X |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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