The Dead Fox Hunter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFG HIHIJJ KLKLMM| We found the little captain at the head | A |
| His men lay well aligned | B |
| We touched his hand mdash stone cold mdash and he was dead | A |
| And they all dead behind | B |
| Had never reached their goal but they died well | C |
| They charged in line and in the same line fell | C |
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| They well known rosy colours of his face | D |
| Were almost lost in grey | E |
| We saw that dying and in hopeless case | D |
| For others' sake that day | E |
| He'd smothered all rebellious groans in death | F |
| His fingers were tight clenched between his teeth | G |
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| For those who live uprightly and die true | H |
| Heaven has no bars or locks | I |
| And serves all taste or what's for him to do | H |
| Up there but hunt the fox | I |
| Angelic choirs No Justice must provide | J |
| For one who rose straight and in hunting died | J |
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| So if Heaven had no Hunt before hecame | K |
| Why it must find one now | L |
| If any shirk and doubt they know the game | K |
| There's one to teach them how | L |
| Andthe whole host of Seraphim complete | M |
| Must jog in scarlet to his opening Meet | M |
Robert Graves
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