Eagle And Salmon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDEE FFGG HHII EEEE HHHH HHJK| Wilmot of fish culutre fame | A |
| To this tale he lends his name | A |
| A pair of eagles built their nest | B |
| On a lofty pine tree's crest | B |
| - | |
| And therein they regular rear | C |
| A brood of young year after year | C |
| One day he saw one leave its nest | B |
| When for food it was in quest | B |
| - | |
| It did wing its flight on high | D |
| And then on water cast its eye | D |
| When it quickly did discover | E |
| A great salmon in the river | E |
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| Like lightning flash down it doth sweep | F |
| And its talons it buries deep | F |
| In salmon of enormous size | G |
| He trys to rise in air with prize | G |
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| But all in vain he quickly found | H |
| He could not carry thirty pound | H |
| And had bit more than he could chew | I |
| For in the air no more he flew | I |
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| Wilmot he did gaze with wonder | E |
| At the spot where he went under | E |
| Resolved to know what was the matter | E |
| He poled his boat o'er the water | E |
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| And he looked down and there he found | H |
| That the eagle it was drowned | H |
| And its wings in part outspread | H |
| But alas it was quite dead | H |
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| With grappling hook he drew him out | H |
| But attached to him was monster trout | H |
| Eagle could not extract his claws | J |
| And this the death of both did cause | K |
James Mcintyre
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