The Bat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCBCC A DDDDEEE A CCFGGF| I | A |
| - | |
| Thou dread uncanny thing | B |
| With fuzzy breast and leathern wing | B |
| In mad zigzagging flight | C |
| Notching the dusk and buffeting | B |
| The black cheeks of the night | C |
| With grim delight | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| What witch's hand unhasps | D |
| Thy keen claw cornered wings | D |
| From under the barn roof and flings | D |
| Thee forth with chattering gasps | D |
| To scud the air | E |
| And nip the lady bug and tear | E |
| Her children's hearts out unaware | E |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| The glow worm's glimmer and the bright | C |
| Sad pulsings of the fire fly's light | C |
| Are banquet lights to thee | F |
| O less than bird and worse than beast | G |
| Thou Devil's self or brat at least | G |
| Grate not thy teeth at me | F |
James Whitcomb Riley
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