The Feet Of The Young Men Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDF EGGG HIHIDJDJ K F LMLMANAN K F MMMMENEN K F MGMGANAN K MOMOFNPN K AAAAQRQQR EBEEEC EGGG

Now the Four way Lodge is opened now the Hunting Winds are looseA
Now the Smokes of Spring go up to clear the brainB
Now the Young Men's hearts are troubled for the whisper of the TruesA
Now the Red Gods make their medicine againC
Who hath seen the beaver busied Who hath watched the black tail matingD
Who hath lain alone to hear the wild goose cry'E
Who hath worked the chosen water where the ouananiche is waitingD
Or the sea trout's jumping crazy for the flyF
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He must go go go away from hereE
On the other side the world he's overdueG
'Send your road is clear before you where the old Spring fret comes o'er youG
And the Red Gods call for youG
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So for one the wet sail arching through the rainbow round the bowH
And for one the creak of snow shoes on the crustI
And for one the lakeside lilies where the bull moose waits the cowH
And for one the mule train coughing in the dustI
Who hath smelt smelt smoke at twilight Who hath heard the birch log burningD
Who is quick to read the noises of the nightJ
Let him follow with the others for the Young Men's feet are turningD
Too the camps of proved desire and known delightJ
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Let him go go etcK
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Do you know the blackened timber do you know that racing streamL
With the raw right angled log jam at the endM
And the bar of sun warmed shingle where a man may bask and dreamL
To the click of shod canoe poles round the bend'M
I is there that we are going with our rods and reels and tracesA
To a silent smoky Indian that we knowN
To a couch of new pulled hemlock with the starlight on our facesA
For the Red Gods call us out and we must goN
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They must go go etcK
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IIF
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Do you know the shallow Baltic where the seas are steep and shortM
Where the bluff lee boarded fishing luggers rideM
Do you know the joy of threshing leagues to leeward of your portM
On a coast you've lost the chart of oversideM
It is there that I am going with an extra hand to bale herE
Just one able 'long shore loafer that I knowN
He can take his chance of drowning while I sail and sail and sail herE
For the Red Gods call me out and I must goN
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He must go go etcK
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IIIF
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Do you know the pile built village where the sago dealers tradeM
Do you know the reek of fish and wet bambooG
Do you know the steaming stillness of the orchid scented gladeM
When the blazoned bird winged butterflies flap throughG
It is there that I am going with my camphor net and boxesA
To a gentle yellow pirate that I knowN
To my little wailing lemurs to my palms and flying foxesA
For the Red Gods call me out and I must goN
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He must go go etcK
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Do you know the world's white roof tree do you know that windy riftM
Where the baffling mountain eddies chop and changeO
Do you know the long day's patience belly down on frozen driftM
While the head of heads is feeding out of rangeO
It is there that I am going where the boulders and the snow lieF
With a trusty nimble tracker that I knowN
I have sworn an oath to keep it on the Horns of Ovis PoliP
And the Red Gods call me out and I must goN
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He must go go etcK
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How the Four way Lodge is opened now the Smokes of Council riseA
Pleasant smokes ere yet 'twixt trail and trail they chooseA
Now the girths and ropes are tested now they pack their last suppliesA
Now our Young Men go to dance before the TruesA
Who shall meet them at those altars who shall light them to that shrineQ
Velvet footed who shall guide them to their goalR
Unto each the voice and vision unto each his spoor and signQ
Lonely mountain in the Northland misty sweat bath 'neath the LineQ
And to each a man that knows his naked soulR
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White or yellow black or copper he is waiting as a loverE
Smoke of funnel dust of hooves or beat of trainB
Where the high grass hides the horseman or the glaring flats discoverE
Where the steamer hails the landing or the surf boat brings the roverE
Where the rails run out in sand rift Quick ah heave the camp kit overE
For the Red Gods make their medicine againC
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And we go go go away from hereE
On the other side the world we're overdueG
'Send the road is clear before you when the old Spring fret comes o'er youG
And the Red Gods call for youG

Rudyard Kipling



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