The Law Of The Jungle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCCDDEEFGHIJKLLMMNN OOPPQQQQCCRRLL| Now this is the Law of the Jungle as old and as true as the sky And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper but the Wolf that shall break it must die AAs the creeper that girdles the tree trunk the Law runneth forward and back | A |
| For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack | A |
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| Wash daily from nose tip to tail tip drink deeply but never too deep | B |
| And remember the night is for hunting and forget not the day is for sleep | B |
| The Jackal may follow the Tiger but Cub when thy whiskers are grown | C |
| Remember the Wolf is a Hunter go forth and get food of thine own | C |
| Keep peace withe Lords of the Jungle the Tiger the Panther and Bear | D |
| And trouble not Hathi the Silent and mock not the Boar in his lair | D |
| When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle and neither will go from the trail | E |
| Lie down till the leaders have spoken it may be fair words shall prevail | E |
| When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack ye must fight him alone and afar | F |
| Lest others take part in the quarrel and the Pack be diminished by war | G |
| The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge and where he has made him his home | H |
| Not even the Head Wolf may enter not even the Council may come | I |
| The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge but where he has digged it too plain | J |
| The Council shall send him a message and so he shall change it again | K |
| If ye kill before midnight be silent and wake not the woods with your bay | L |
| Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop and your brothers go empty away | L |
| Ye may kill for yourselves and your mates and your cubs as they need and ye can | M |
| But kill not for pleasure of killing and seven times never kill Man | M |
| If ye plunder his Kill from a weaker devour not all in thy pride | N |
| Pack Right is the right of the meanest so leave him the head and the hide | N |
| The Kill of the Pack is the meat of the Pack Ye must eat where it lies | O |
| And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair or he dies | O |
| The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf He may do what he will | P |
| But till he has given permission the Pack may not eat of that Kill | P |
| Cub Right is the right of the Yearling From all of his Pack he may claim | Q |
| Full gorge when the killer has eaten and none may refuse him the same | Q |
| Lair Right is the right of the Mother From all of her year she may claim | Q |
| One haunch of each kill for her litter and none may deny her the same | Q |
| Cave Right is the right of the Father to hunt by himself for his own | C |
| He is freed of all calls to the Pack he is judged by the Council alone | C |
| Because of his age and his cunning because of his gripe and his paw | R |
| In all that the Law leaveth open the word of your Head Wolf is Law | R |
| Now these are the Laws of the Jungle and many and mighty are they | L |
| But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is Obey | L |
Rudyard Kipling
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