Black Sheep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| FROM their folded mates they wander far | A |
| Their ways seem harsh and wild | B |
| They follow the beck of a baleful star | A |
| Their paths are dream beguiled | B |
| - | |
| Yet haply they sought but a wider range | C |
| Some loftier mountain slope | D |
| And little recked of the country strange | C |
| Beyond the gates of hope | D |
| - | |
| And haply a bell with a luring call | E |
| Summoned their feet to tread | F |
| Midst the cruel rocks where the deep pitfall | E |
| And the lurking snare are spread | F |
| - | |
| Maybe in spite of their tameless days | G |
| Of outcast liberty | H |
| They re sick at heart for the homely ways | G |
| Where their gathered brothers be | H |
| - | |
| And oft at night when the plains fall dark | I |
| And the hills loom large and dim | J |
| For the shepherd s voice they mutely hark | I |
| And their souls go out to him | J |
| - | |
| Meanwhile Black sheep black sheep we cry | K |
| Safe in the inner fold | L |
| And maybe they hear and wonder why | K |
| And marvel out in the cold | L |
Richard Francis Burton
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