The Herd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHEEIJKKLMNOPQ RSTUVWXYZ| The roaming sheep forbidden to roam far | A |
| Were stayed within the shadow of his eye | B |
| The sheep dog on that unseen shadow's edge | C |
| Moved halted barked while the tall shepherd stood | D |
| Unmoving leaned upon a sarsen stone | E |
| Looking at the rain that curtained the bare hills | F |
| And drew the smoking curtain near and near | G |
| Tawny bush faced with cloak and staff and flask | H |
| And bright brass ribb'd umbrella standing stone | E |
| Against the veinless senseless sarsen stone | E |
| The Roman Road hard by the green Ridge Way | I |
| Not older seemed nor calmer the long barrows | J |
| Of bones and memories of ancient days | K |
| Than the tall shepherd with his craft of days | K |
| Older than Roman or the oldest caveman | L |
| When in the generation of all living | M |
| Sheep and kine flocked in the Aryan valley and | N |
| The first herd with his voice and skill of water | O |
| Fleetest of foot led them into green pastures | P |
| From perished pastures to new green I saw | Q |
| The herdsmen everywhere about the world | R |
| And herdsmen of all time fierce lonely wise | S |
| Herds of Arabia and Syria | T |
| And Thessaly and longer winter'd climes | U |
| And this lone herd ages before England was | V |
| Pelt clad and armed with flint tipped ashen sap | W |
| Watching his flocks and those far flocks of stars | X |
| Slow moving as the heavenly shepherd willed | Y |
| And at dawn shut into the sunny fold | Z |
John Frederick Freeman
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Herd
The Herd is a poem by John Frederick Freeman. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Herd poem by John Frederick Freeman
Best Poems of John Frederick Freeman