The Hoss Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BA CDE FBFB AGAG AHAH IJKJ ALAL MNON PA A AQAQ RHRH ASAS ATAA UVUV AAAA AWAX YZYA2

The hoss he is a splendud beastA
He is man's friend as heaven desinedA
And search the world from west to eastA
No honester you'll ever findA
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Some calls the hoss 'a pore dumb brute '-
And yit like Him who died fer youB
I say as I theyr charge refuteA
'Fergive they know not what they do '-
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No wiser animal makes tracksC
Upon these earthly shores and henceD
Arose the axium true as factsE
Extoled by all as 'Good hoss sense '-
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The hoss is strong and knows his stren'thF
You hitch him up a time er twoB
And lash him and he'll go his len'thF
And kick the dashboard out fer youB
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But treat him allus good and kindA
And never strike him with a stickG
Ner aggervate him and you'll findA
He'll never do a hostile trickG
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A hoss whose master tends him rightA
And worters him with daily careH
Will do your biddin' with delightA
And act as docile as YOU airH
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He'll paw and prance to hear your praiseI
Because he's learnt to love you wellJ
And though you can't tell what he saysK
He'll nicker all he wants to tellJ
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He knows you when you slam the gateA
At early dawn upon your wayL
Unto the barn and snorts elateA
To git his corn er oats er hayL
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He knows you as the orphant knowsM
The folks that loves her like theyr ownN
And raises her and finds her clothesO
And schools her tel a womern grownN
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I claim no hoss will harm a manP
Ner kick ner run away cavortA
Stump suck er balk er 'catamaran '-
Ef you'll jest treat him as you ortA
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But when I see the beast abusedA
And clubbed around as I've saw someQ
I want to see his owner noosedA
And jest yanked up like AbsolumQ
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Of course they's differunce in stockR
A hoss that has a little yeerH
And slender build and shaller hockR
Can beat his shadder mighty nearH
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Whilse one that's thick in neck and chistA
And big in leg and full in flankS
That tries to race I still insistA
He'll have to take the second rankS
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And I have jest laid back and laughedA
And rolled and wallered in the grassT
At fairs to see some heavy draftA
Lead out at FIRST yit come in LASTA
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Each hoss has his appinted placeU
The heavy hoss should plow the soilV
The blooded racer he must raceU
And win big wages fer his toilV
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I never bet ner never wroughtA
Upon my feller man to betA
And yit at times I've often thoughtA
Of my convictions with regretA
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I bless the hoss from hoof to headA
From head to hoof and tale to maneW
I bless the hoss as I have saidA
From head to hoof and back againX
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I love my God the first of allY
Then Him that perished on the crossZ
And next my wife and then I fallY
Down on my knees and love the hossA2

James Whitcomb Riley



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