Euthansia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEGHH IJIJKKLMLMNN OPOQRR| A sea gull with a broken wing | A |
| I found upon the kelp strewn shore | B |
| It sprawled and gasped I sighed Poor thing | A |
| I fear your flying days are o'er | C |
| Sad victim of a savage gun | D |
| So ends your soaring in the sun | D |
| - | |
| I only wanted to be kind | E |
| Its icy legs I gently caught | F |
| Thinking its fracture I might bind | E |
| But fiercely in its fear it fought | G |
| Till guessing that I meant no ill | H |
| It glared and gaped but lay quite still | H |
| - | |
| I took it home and gave it food | I |
| And nursed its wing day after day | J |
| Alas for my solicitude | I |
| It would not eat but pined away | J |
| And so at last with tender hands | K |
| I took it to its native sands | K |
| I'll leave it where its kindred are | L |
| I thought And maybe they will cheer | M |
| And comfort it I watched afar | L |
| I saw them wheeling swiftly near | M |
| Awhile they hovered overhead | N |
| Then darted down and stabbed it dead | N |
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| When agonized is human breath | O |
| And there's of living not a chance | P |
| Could it not be that gentle death | O |
| Might mean divine deliverance | Q |
| Might it not seep into our skulls | R |
| To be as merciful as gulls | R |
Robert Service
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