Bag Your Game Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKBKB LMLCFNFN OPOPQOQO RSRSOOOOTwo men well versed in use of arms | A |
Set out 'tis said in search of game | B |
Each felt that hunting had its charms | A |
Yet widely differed they in aim | B |
Both felt their need of wholesome food | C |
For present use and winter's store | D |
But one was of a careless mood | C |
Than the day's sport he asked no more | D |
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No game he bagged from morn till night | E |
Content to show his master skill | F |
In hitting every bird at sight | E |
And shooting down the deer at will | F |
Grand sport he deemed it day by day | G |
As in the tangled forest brake | H |
He brought the bounding stag to bay | G |
Or shot the wood duck in the lake | H |
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As he each night to home returned | I |
He sang the pleasure of the chase | J |
But had not yet the lesson learned | I |
That he was loser in the race | J |
Yet when sat in the winter's cold | K |
And game had fled to warmer clime | B |
He had no stock to sell for gold | K |
Nor food and past his harvest time | B |
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The chase the other prized as well | L |
But bagged his game as best he could | M |
And thus had lots of pelts to sell | L |
For self and wife the choicest food | C |
In the pursuit of game a thrill | F |
Of keenest joy shot through his heart | N |
But joy complete he knew not till | F |
He went his way joy to impart | N |
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While he with wife and children shared | O |
The roasted duck and venison | P |
He felt he as a king had fared | O |
And though of earth a denizen | P |
Such food would give both strength and cheer | Q |
To meet lifes daily toil aright | O |
And winter months he did not fear | Q |
His larder filled and prospect bright | O |
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The search for Truth with pleasure thrills | R |
To find it we our end attain | S |
Possessed new joy the spirit fills | R |
And to retain is highest gain | S |
The pleasure of pursuit is lost | O |
If truth itself is not secured | O |
O buy the truth at any cost | O |
And from your aim be not allured | O |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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