Angutivaun Taina Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB EBFB GBHB ABIB DBDB| Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood | A |
| Our furs with the drifted snow | B |
| As we come in with the seal the seal | C |
| In from the edge of the floe | B |
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| Au jana Aua Oha Haq | D |
| And the yelping dog teams go | B |
| And the long whips crack and the men come back | D |
| Back from the edge of the floe | B |
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| We tracked our seal to his secret place | E |
| We heard him scratch below | B |
| We made our mark and we watched beside | F |
| Out on the edge of the floe | B |
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| We raised our lance when he rose to breathe | G |
| We drove it downward so | B |
| And we played him thus and we killed him thus | H |
| Out on the edge of the floe | B |
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| Our gloves are glued with the frozen blood | A |
| Our eyes with the drifting snow | B |
| But we come back to our wives again | I |
| Back from the edge of the floe | B |
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| Au jana Aua Oha Haq | D |
| And the loaded dog teams go | B |
| And the wives ran hear their men come back | D |
| Back from the edge of the floe | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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