In The North Pasture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJKLMNH OPOQRSCTUV| After we called the sheriff they came | A |
| and hauled it away But there was | B |
| one interviewer who stayed behind | C |
| to ask if we'd seen any strange lights | D |
| in the sky at night or burnt places | E |
| in the pasture or flocks of hippies | F |
| traveling through in their painted vans | G |
| - | |
| Nothing we told him Only that pair | H |
| of buzzards floating over the north fork | I |
| but never landing No signs no tracks | J |
| Only the shaggy lump of the steer | K |
| with its tongue gone ears cut off | L |
| and eyes cored out clean like apples | M |
| Nothing no blood on the ground | N |
| and no flies crawling anywhere | H |
| - | |
| Natural predator he said closing | O |
| his book That's how we'll write it up | P |
| Now I know what you're thinking | O |
| no bear no mountain lion no coyotes | Q |
| in these parts for a hundred years | R |
| And none of them make cuts like that | S |
| or leave that much good meat behind | C |
| But something's coming back Natural | T |
| predator he said again He tipped | U |
| his hat You folks take care now | V |
Jared Carter
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