The Forest Greeting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED AFBF GHIH JKDK ALML| Good hunting aye good hunting | A |
| Wherever the forests call | B |
| But ever a heart beats hot with fear | C |
| And what of the birds that fall | B |
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| Good hunting aye good hunting | A |
| Wherever the north winds blow | D |
| But what of the stag that calls for his mate | E |
| And what of the wounded doe | D |
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| Good hunting aye good hunting | A |
| And ah we are bold and strong | F |
| But our triumph call through the forest hall | B |
| Is a brother's funeral song | F |
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| For we are brothers ever | G |
| Panther and bird and bear | H |
| Man and the weakest that fear his face | I |
| Born to the nest or lair | H |
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| Yes brothers and who shall judge us | J |
| Hunters and game are we | K |
| But who gave the right for me to smite | D |
| Who boasts when he smiteth me | K |
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| Good hunting aye good hunting | A |
| And dim is the forest track | L |
| But the sportsman Death comes striding on | M |
| Brothers the way is black | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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