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Fight Of A Buffalo With Wolves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDDEEFFAAGGEEHHCCII JJKKHHLLMMNNCCOOPPGG QQRRSSCC

We were so deeply impressed with the courage displayed by a buffaloA
in a prose tale that we transposed the description into verseB
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A buffalo lord of the plainC
With massive neck and mighty maneC
While from his herd he slowly straysD
He on green herbage calm doth grazeD
And when at last he lifts his eyesE
A savage wolf he soon espiesE
But scarcely deigns to turn his headF
For it inspires him with no dreadF
He knows the wolf is treacherous foeA
But feels he soon could lay him lowA
A moment more and there's a pairG
Whose savage eyes do on him glareG
But with contempt them both he scornsE
Unworthy of his powerful hornsE
Their numbers soon do multiplyH
But the whole pack he doth defyH
He could bound quickly o'er the plainC
And his own herd could soon regainC
His foes they now are full a scoreI
With lolling tongues pant for his goreI
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He hears their teeth all loudly gnashJ
So eager his big bones to crashJ
On every side they him infestK
The north the south the east the westK
Fierce rage doth now gleam from his eyeH
Resolved to conquer or to dieH
'Round him they yelp and howl and growlL
He glares on them with angry scowlL
They circle closer him aroundM
He roars and springs with mighty boundM
And of his power gives ample proofN
Felling them with horn and hoofN
Though some lay dead upon the plainC
Yet their attack was not in vainC
For they have tasted of his bloodO
Resolved it soon shall pour a floodO
He feels that they have torn his hideP
And streams gush from each limb and sideP
He rushes on them in despairG
And tosses them full high in airG
But others rush on him and pullQ
Down to the earth that glorious bullQ
On the flesh of this noble beastR
Their bloody jaws they soon do feastR
Full worthy of a better fateS
Far from his herd and his dear mateS
And they do look for him in vainC
His bones do whiten now the plainC

James Mcintyre



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