The Dead Fox Hunter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFG HIHIJJ KLKLMMWe 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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