Dead In The Sierras Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDCD EFGF BHIH JKLK BBBBHis footprints have failed us | A |
Where berries are red | B |
And madro ntilde os are rankest | B |
The hunter is dead | B |
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The grizzly may pass | C |
By his half open door | D |
May pass and repass | C |
On his path as of yore | D |
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The panther may crouch | E |
In the leaves on his limb | F |
May scream and may scream | G |
It is nothing to him | F |
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Prone bearded and breasted | B |
Like columns of stone | H |
And tall as a pine | I |
As a pine overthrown | H |
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His camp fires gone | J |
What else can be done | K |
Than let him sleep on | L |
Till the light of the sun | K |
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Ay tombless what of it | B |
Marble is dust | B |
Cold and repellent | B |
And iron is rust | B |
Joaquin Miller
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