Old Boy Scout Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDED FGFGHG HIHIHI| A bonny bird I found today | A |
| Mired in a melt of tar | B |
| Its silky breast was silver grey | A |
| Its wings were cinnabar | B |
| So still it lay right in the way | A |
| Of every passing car | B |
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| Yet as I gently sought to pry | C |
| It loose it glared at me | D |
| You would have thought its foe was I | C |
| It pecked so viciously | D |
| So fiercely fought as soft I sought | E |
| From death to set it free | D |
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| Its pinions pitifully frail | F |
| I wrested from the muck | G |
| I feared the feathers of its tail | F |
| Would never come unstuck | G |
| The jewel bright it flashed in flight | H |
| Oh how I wished it luck | G |
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| With happiness my heart was light | H |
| To see how fair it flew | I |
| To do my good deed I delight | H |
| As grey haired scouts should do | I |
| Yet oh my bright reward's to write | H |
| This simple rhyme for you | I |
Robert Service
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