Bear And Whale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE DDFF EEDD GGHI JJFF GGKK FFLL| A fable of the British and Russian dispute of | A |
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| Russians suffer sad distress | B |
| For lack of freedom of the press | B |
| But oft' times they are full able | C |
| To enlighten with a fable | C |
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| And they enjoy a humorous tale | D |
| Of a bear and monster whale | D |
| The bear he went to the sea shore | E |
| The mighty ocean to explore | E |
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| And this it quick enraged the whale | D |
| Who beat the ocean with his tail | D |
| With foaming words he told the bear | F |
| That he would strip his hide and hair | F |
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| If he ever found him more | E |
| Encroaching on his sea shore | E |
| The bear replied I will not quail | D |
| At frothing words of any whale | D |
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| For you are a lump of blubber | G |
| Whale rejoined you are land lubber | G |
| Thus bandying epithets so vile | H |
| Of bear grease and of whale oil | I |
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| Sharks and fishes of the ocean | J |
| Were thrown into great commotion | J |
| The hawks and eagles of the air | F |
| Lions and tigers gathered there | F |
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| Bear he wished the whale to slaughter | G |
| But he was afraid of water | G |
| The great whale feared that he might strand | K |
| If he ventured on the dry land | K |
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| So at last great Russia Bear | F |
| Went back again to his own lair | F |
| And British whale content to be | L |
| Greatest monarch of the sea | L |
James Mcintyre
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