The Release Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHIHI JIJIKEKE| To day within a grog shop near | A |
| I saw a newly captured linnet | B |
| Who beat against his cage in fear | A |
| And fell exhausted every minute | C |
| And when I asked the fellow there | D |
| If he to sell the bird were willing | E |
| He told me with a careless air | D |
| That I could have it for a shilling | E |
| - | |
| And so I bought it cage and all | F |
| Although I went without my dinner | G |
| And where some trees were fairly tall | F |
| And houses shrank and smoke was thinner | G |
| The tiny door I open threw | H |
| As down upon the grass I sank me | I |
| Poor little chap How quick he flew | H |
| He didn't even wait to thank me | I |
| - | |
| Life's like a cage we beat the bars | J |
| We bruise our breasts we struggle vainly | I |
| Up to the glory of the stars | J |
| We strain with flutterings ungainly | I |
| And then God opens wide the door | K |
| Our wondrous wings are arched for flying | E |
| We poise we part we sing we soar | K |
| Light freedom love Fools call it Dying | E |
Robert Service
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