Hound Voice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDE FGHIGJK LMNMMOP| Because we love bare hills and stunted trees | A |
| And were the last to choose the settled ground | B |
| Its boredom of the desk or of the spade because | C |
| So many years companioned by a hound | B |
| Our voices carry and though slumber bound | B |
| Some few half wake and half renew their choice | D |
| Give tongue proclaim their hidden name 'hound voice ' | E |
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| The women that I picked spoke sweet and low | F |
| And yet gave tongue 'Hound voices' were they all | G |
| We picked each other from afar and knew | H |
| What hour of terror comes to test the soul | I |
| And in that terror's name obeyed the call | G |
| And understood what none have understood | J |
| Those images that waken in the blood | K |
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| Some day we shall get up before the dawn | L |
| And find our ancient hounds before the door | M |
| And wide awake know that the hunt is on | N |
| Stumbling upon the blood dark track once more | M |
| Then stumbling to the kill beside the shore | M |
| Then cleaning out and bandaging of wounds | O |
| And chants of victory amid the encircling hounds | P |
William Butler Yeats
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