Jackdaw Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI JKLK MNON PQPQ PRJR JSTS UVJV WJTJ DPXY| ALOOF from his tribe | A |
| On the elm tree's top | B |
| A jackdaw perched | C |
| A hand reach up | D |
| - | |
| Silent he sat | E |
| On the branch nor stirred | F |
| And I saw m him | G |
| A changeling bird | F |
| - | |
| Grass was worn | H |
| Round pots and a pan | I |
| A flea bitten horse | J |
| And a tilted van | I |
| - | |
| Where tinker's or gypsy's | J |
| Brats at play | K |
| Made vagrant's game of | L |
| Some citizen's way | K |
| - | |
| I watched the daw | M |
| On the branch beguiled | N |
| I saw a vagrant | O |
| From the wild | N |
| - | |
| The entail broken | P |
| What had he | Q |
| The humour of one | P |
| Out of his degree | Q |
| - | |
| The franchise of one | P |
| Without kith or kind | R |
| And only the pauper's | J |
| Single mind | R |
| - | |
| The daws on the elms | J |
| Kept tribal speech | S |
| And he perched there | T |
| Within a hand's reach | S |
| - | |
| He flew his flight | U |
| Neither high nor wide | V |
| Was a vagabond's | J |
| To a seedman's stride | V |
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| A dog on the ground | W |
| Was rubbing for fleas | J |
| Rags were there | T |
| He fluttered to these | J |
| - | |
| Held a bright rag up | D |
| Like a banner won | P |
| And went and hid it | X |
| Behind a stone | Y |
Padraic Colum
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