Courage 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJJF F| e berries hiding in fear | A |
| Mother grouse cackling feathers all ruffled | B |
| Dashed to defend them as we drew near | A |
| Heart of a heroine how I admired her | C |
| Of such devotion great poets have sung | D |
| Homes have been blest by the love that inspired her | C |
| Risking her life for the sake of her young | D |
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| Ten little chicks on her valour reliant | E |
| Peered with bright eyes from the bilberry spray | F |
| Fiercely she faced us dismayed but defiant | E |
| Rushed at us bravely to scare us away | F |
| Then my companion a crazy young devil | G |
| After he told me he'd done it for fun | H |
| Pretended to tremble and raised his arm level | G |
| And ere I could check him he blazed with his gun | H |
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| Headless she lay from her neck the blood spouted | I |
| And dappled her plumage the poor pretty thing | J |
| Ten little chicks oh I know for I counted | I |
| Came out and they tried to creep under her wing | J |
| Sickened I said 'Here's an end to my killing | J |
| I swear nevermore bird or beast will I slay | F |
| Starving I may be but no more blood spilling ' | - |
| That oath I have kept and I keep it to day | F |
Robert William Service
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