Outlaws Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA AAAA HIHI JKJK BABA LMLM| Owls they whinney down the night | A |
| Bats go zigzag by | B |
| Ambushed in shadow out of sight | A |
| The outlaws lie | B |
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| Old gods shrunk to shadows there | C |
| In the wet woods they lurk | D |
| Greedy of human stuff to snare | C |
| In webs of murk | D |
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| Look up else your eye must drown | E |
| In a moving sea of black | F |
| Between the tree tops upside down | E |
| Goes the sky track | F |
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| Look up else your feet will stray | G |
| Towards that dim ambuscade | A |
| Where spider like they catch their prey | G |
| In nets of shade | A |
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| For though creeds whirl away in dust | A |
| Faith fails and men forget | A |
| These aged gods of fright and lust | A |
| Cling to life yet | A |
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| Old gods almost dead malign | H |
| Starved of their ancient dues | I |
| Incense and fruit fire blood and wine | H |
| And an unclean muse | I |
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| Banished to woods and a sickly moon | J |
| Shrunk to mere bogey things | K |
| Who spoke with thunder once at noon | J |
| To prostrate kings | K |
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| With thunder from an open sky | B |
| To peasant tyrant priest | A |
| Bowing in fear with a dazzled eye | B |
| Towards the East | A |
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| Proud gods humbled sunk so low | L |
| Living with ghosts and ghouls | M |
| And ghosts of ghosts and last year's snow | L |
| And dead toadstools | M |
Robert Graves
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