The Crow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ AA KK LL MM A NN CC NN NN KK A OO OO PP QQ RR KK SS TT PP OO| I | A |
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| My friend and neighbor through the year | B |
| Self appointed overseer | C |
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| Of my crops of fruit and grain | D |
| Of my woods and furrowed plain | D |
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| Claim thy tithings right and left | E |
| I shall never call it theft | E |
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| Nature wisely made the law | F |
| And I fail to find a flaw | F |
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| In thy title to the earth | G |
| And all it holds of any worth | G |
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| I like thy self complacent air | H |
| I like thy ways so free from care | H |
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| Thy landlord stroll about my fields | I |
| Quickly noting what each yields | I |
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| Thy courtly mien and bearing bold | J |
| As if thy claim were bought with gold | J |
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| Thy floating shape against the sky | A |
| When days are calm and clouds are high | A |
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| Thy thrifty flight ere rise of sun | K |
| Thy homing clans when day is done | K |
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| Hues protective are not thine | L |
| So sleek thy coat each quill doth shine | L |
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| Diamond black to end of toe | M |
| Thy counterpoint the crystal snow | M |
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| II | A |
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| Never plaintive nor appealing | N |
| Quite at home when thou art stealing | N |
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| Always groomed to tip of feather | C |
| Calm and trim in every weather | C |
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| Morn till night my woods policing | N |
| Every sound thy watch increasing | N |
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| Hawk and owl in tree top hiding | N |
| Feel the shame of thy deriding | N |
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| Naught escapes thy observation | K |
| None but dread thy accusation | K |
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| III | A |
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| Hunters prowlers woodland lovers | O |
| Vainly seek the leafy covers | O |
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| Noisy scheming and predacious | O |
| With demeanor almost gracious | O |
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| Dowered with leisure void of hurry | P |
| Void of fuss and void of worry | P |
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| Friendly bandit Robin Hood | Q |
| Judge and jury of the wood | Q |
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| Or Captain Kidd of sable quill | R |
| Hiding treasures in the hill | R |
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| Nature made thee for each season | K |
| Gave thee wit for ample reason | K |
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| Good crow wit that's always burnished | S |
| Like the coat her care has furnished | S |
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| May thy numbers ne'er diminish | T |
| I'll befriend thee till life's finish | T |
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| May I never cease to meet thee | P |
| May I never have to eat thee | P |
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| And mayest thou never have to fare so | O |
| That thou playest the part of scarecrow | O |
John Burroughs
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