Muckish Mountain (the Pig's Back) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDEF GHEH IJKJ| Like a sleeping swine upon the skyline | A |
| Muckish thou art shadowed out | B |
| Grubbing up the rubble of the ages | C |
| With your broken granite snout | B |
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| Muckish greatest pig in Ulster's oakwoods | C |
| Littered out of rock and fire | D |
| Deep you thrust your mottled flanks for cooling | E |
| Underneath the peaty mire | F |
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| Long before the Gael was young in Ireland | G |
| You were ribbed and old and grey | H |
| Muckish you have long outstayed his staying | E |
| You have seen him swept away | H |
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| Muckish you will not forget the people | I |
| Of the laughing speech and eye | J |
| They who gave you name of Pig back mountain | K |
| And the Heavens for a sty | J |
Shane Leslie
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