Chil's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCD EBEBFFF GBGBHHH| These were my companions going forth by night | A |
| For Chil Look you for Chil | B |
| Now come I to whistle them the ending of the fight | A |
| Chil Vanguards of Chil | B |
| Word they gave me overhead of quarry newly slain | C |
| Word I gave them underfoot of buck upon the plain | C |
| Here's an end of every trail they shall not speak again | D |
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| They that cried the hunting cry they that followed fast | E |
| For Chil Look you for Chil | B |
| They that bade the sambhur wheel or pinned him as he passed | E |
| Chil Vanguards of Chil | B |
| They that lagged behind the scent they that ran before | F |
| They that shunned the level horn they that over bore | F |
| Here's an end of every trail they shall not follow more | F |
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| These were my companions Pity 'twas they died | G |
| For Chil Look you for Chil | B |
| Now come I to comfort them that knew them in their pride | G |
| Chil Vanguards of Chil | B |
| Tattered flank and sunken eye open mouth and red | H |
| Locked and lank and lone they lie the dead upon their dead | H |
| Here's an end of every trail and here my hosts are fed | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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