Bag Your Game Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKBKB LMLCFNFN OPOPQOQO RSRSOOOO

Two men well versed in use of armsA
Set out 'tis said in search of gameB
Each felt that hunting had its charmsA
Yet widely differed they in aimB
Both felt their need of wholesome foodC
For present use and winter's storeD
But one was of a careless moodC
Than the day's sport he asked no moreD
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No game he bagged from morn till nightE
Content to show his master skillF
In hitting every bird at sightE
And shooting down the deer at willF
Grand sport he deemed it day by dayG
As in the tangled forest brakeH
He brought the bounding stag to bayG
Or shot the wood duck in the lakeH
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As he each night to home returnedI
He sang the pleasure of the chaseJ
But had not yet the lesson learnedI
That he was loser in the raceJ
Yet when sat in the winter's coldK
And game had fled to warmer climeB
He had no stock to sell for goldK
Nor food and past his harvest timeB
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The chase the other prized as wellL
But bagged his game as best he couldM
And thus had lots of pelts to sellL
For self and wife the choicest foodC
In the pursuit of game a thrillF
Of keenest joy shot through his heartN
But joy complete he knew not tillF
He went his way joy to impartN
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While he with wife and children sharedO
The roasted duck and venisonP
He felt he as a king had faredO
And though of earth a denizenP
Such food would give both strength and cheerQ
To meet lifes daily toil arightO
And winter months he did not fearQ
His larder filled and prospect brightO
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The search for Truth with pleasure thrillsR
To find it we our end attainS
Possessed new joy the spirit fillsR
And to retain is highest gainS
The pleasure of pursuit is lostO
If truth itself is not securedO
O buy the truth at any costO
And from your aim be not alluredO

Joseph Horatio Chant



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