The Plougher Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFCGHIJKBCCLMNCA CF| Sunset and silence A man around him earth savage earth broken | A |
| Beside him two horses a plough | B |
| Earth savage earth broken the brutes the dawn man there in the sunset | C |
| And the Plough that is twin to the Sword that is founder of cities | D |
| Brute tamer plough maker earth breaker Can'st hear There are ages | E |
| between us | F |
| Is it praying you are as you stand there alone in the sunset | C |
| Surely our sky born gods can be naught to you earth child and earth | G |
| master | H |
| Surely your thoughts are of Pan or of Wotan or Dana | I |
| Yet why give thoughts to the gods Has Pan led your brutes where they | J |
| stumble | K |
| Has Dana numbed pain of the child bed or Wotan put hands to your plough | B |
| What matter your foolish reply O man standing lone and bowed earthward | C |
| Your task is a day near its close Give thanks to the night given God | C |
| L | |
| Slowly the darkness falls the broken lands blend with the savage | M |
| The brute tamer stands by the brutes a head's breadth only above them | N |
| A head's breadth Ay but therein is hell's depth and the height up to | C |
| heaven | A |
| And the thrones of the gods and their halls their chariots purples and | C |
| splendors | F |
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