Shooting Season Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJAKLMBNOPFQ RS| IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND | A |
| The whole countryside deployed on the hills of heather an army | B |
| with banners | C |
| The beaters whoop the grouse to the butts | D |
| Three gentlemen fling up their guns and the frightened covey is | E |
| a few wings fewer | F |
| Then grooms approach with the panniered horses | G |
| The gray old moorland silence has closed like water and covered | H |
| the gunshots | I |
| Wave on wave goes the moor to the great | J |
| Circle of the sky the cairn on the slope names an old battle and | A |
| beyond are | K |
| Broad gray rocks the grave marks of clans | L |
| Blond Celtic warriors lair in the sky line barrows down toward | M |
| the sea | B |
| Stand the tall stones of the Danish captains | N |
| We dead that handled weapons and hunted in earnest we old | O |
| dead have watched | P |
| Three little living gentlemen yonder | F |
| With a bitter flavor in the grin of amusement uneasily remembering | Q |
| our own | R |
| Old sports and delights It is better to be dust | S |
Robinson Jeffers
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