The Undertaker's Horse.. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFG HIJKKJ LLBMNB OOPQQP GGRSSR TTBUUB VDGLLG| The eldest son bestrides him | A |
| And the pretty daughter rides him | A |
| And I meet him oft o' mornings on the Course | B |
| And there kindles in my bosom | C |
| An emotion chill and gruesome | C |
| As I canter past the Undertaker's Horse | B |
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| Neither shies he nor is restive | D |
| But a hideously suggestive | D |
| Trot professional and placid he affects | E |
| And the cadence of his hoof beats | F |
| To my mind this grim reproof beats | F |
| quot Mend your pace my friend I'm coming Who's the next quot | G |
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| Ah stud bred of ill omen | H |
| I have watched the strongest go men | I |
| Of pith and might and muscle at your heels | J |
| Down the plantain bordered highway | K |
| Heaven send it ne'er be my way | K |
| In a lacquered box and jetty upon wheels | J |
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| Answer sombre beast and dreary | L |
| Where is Brown the young the cheery | L |
| Smith the pride of all his friends and half the Force | B |
| You were at that last dread dak | M |
| We must cover at a walk | N |
| Bring them back to me O Undertaker's Horse | B |
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| With your mane unhogged and flowing | O |
| And your curious way of going | O |
| And that businesslike black crimping of your tail | P |
| E'en with Beauty on your back Sir | Q |
| Pacing as a lady's hack Sir | Q |
| What wonder when I meet you I turn pale | P |
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| It may be you wait your time Beast | G |
| Till I write my last bad rhyme Beast | G |
| Quit the sunlight cut the rhyming drop the glass | R |
| Follow after with the others | S |
| Where some dusky heathen smothers | S |
| Us with marigolds in lieu of English grass | R |
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| Or perchance in years to follow | T |
| I shall watch your plump sides hollow | T |
| See Carnifex gone lame become a corse | B |
| See old age at last o'erpower you | U |
| And the Station Pack devour you | U |
| I shall chuckle then O Undertaker's Horse | B |
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| But to insult jibe and quest I've | V |
| Still the hideously suggestive | D |
| Trot that hammers out the unrelenting text | G |
| And I hear it hard behind me | L |
| In what place soe'er I find me | L |
| quot 'Sure to catch you sooner or later Who's the next quot | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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