Dead Man's Run Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDC EFEF G G EFEF HIHI IJI KLKL G ML G NL G OL PQPQ RSRS GTQT| He rode adown the autumn wood | A |
| A man dark eyed and brown | B |
| A mountain girl before him stood | A |
| Clad in a homespun gown | B |
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| 'To ride this road is death for you | C |
| My father waits you there | D |
| My father and my brother too | C |
| You know the oath they swear ' | - |
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| He holds her by one berry brown wrist | E |
| And by one berry brown hand | F |
| And he hath laughed at her and kissed | E |
| Her cheek the sun hath tanned | F |
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| 'The feud is to the death sweetheart | G |
| But forward will I ride ' | - |
| 'And if you ride to death sweetheart | G |
| My place is at your side ' | - |
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| Low hath he laughed again and kissed | E |
| And helped her with his hand | F |
| And they have ridd'n into the mist | E |
| That belts the autumn land | F |
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| And they had passed by Devil's Den | H |
| And come to Dead Man's Run | I |
| When in the brush rose up two men | H |
| Each with a levelled gun | I |
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| 'Down down my sister ' cries the one | I |
| She gives the reins a twirl | J |
| The other shouts 'He shot my son | I |
| And now he steals my girl ' | - |
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| The rifles crack she will not wail | K |
| He will not cease to ride | L |
| But oh her face is pale is pale | K |
| And the red blood stains her side | L |
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| 'Sit fast sit fast by me sweetheart | G |
| The road is rough to ride ' | - |
| The road is rough by gulch and bluff | M |
| And her hair blows wild and wide | L |
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| 'Sit fast sit fast by me sweetheart | G |
| The bank is steep to ride ' | - |
| The bank is steep for a strong man's leap | N |
| And her eyes are staring wide | L |
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| 'Sit fast sit fast by me sweetheart | G |
| The Run is swift to ride ' | - |
| The Run is swift with mountain drift | O |
| And she sways from side to side | L |
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| Is it a wash of the yellow moss | P |
| Or drift of the autumn's gold | Q |
| The mountain torrent foams across | P |
| For the dead pine's roots to hold | Q |
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| Is it the bark of the sycamore | R |
| Or peel of the white birch tree | S |
| The mountaineer on the other shore | R |
| Hath followed and still can see | S |
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| No mountain moss or leaves dear heart | G |
| No bark of birchen gray | T |
| Young hair of gold and a face death cold | Q |
| The wild stream sweeps away | T |
Madison Julius Cawein
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