The Solitary Huntsman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFFE AGHGIEFFE JKJKLMFFE| The solitary huntsman | A |
| No coat of pink doth wear | B |
| But midnight black from cap to spur | C |
| Upon his midnight mare | B |
| He drones a tuneless jingle | D |
| In lieu of tally ho | E |
| I ll catch a fox | F |
| And put him in a box | F |
| And never let him go | E |
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| The solitary huntsman | A |
| He follows silent hounds | G |
| No horn proclaims his joyless sport | H |
| And never a hoofbeat sounds | G |
| His hundred hounds his thousands | I |
| Their master s will they know | E |
| To catch a fox | F |
| And put him in a box | F |
| And never let him go | E |
| - | |
| For all the fox s doubling | J |
| They track him to his den | K |
| The chase may fill a morning | J |
| Or threescore years and ten | K |
| The huntsman never sated | L |
| Screaks to his saddlebow | M |
| I ll catch another fox | F |
| And put him in a box | F |
| And never let him go | E |
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