A Spider And A Fly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC DE CF DG HF IJ CC KC LL MN OO BO OB PD JD OC OQ OR OJ DD OJ OJ OB| One day a spider said to a fly | A |
| 'Though you pass this way daily | B |
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| My hut has never been honored by you | C |
| By making a chance visit inside by you | C |
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| Though depriving strangers of a visit does not matter | D |
| Evading the near and dear ones does not look good | E |
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| My house will be honored by a visit by you | C |
| A ladder is before you if you decide to step in | F |
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| Hearing this the fly said to the spider | D |
| 'Sire you should entice some simpleton thus | G |
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| This fly would never be pulled into your net | H |
| Whoever climbed your net could never step down' | F |
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| The spider said 'How strange you consider me a cheat | I |
| I have never seen a simpleton like you in the world | J |
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| I only wanted to entertain you | C |
| I had no personal gain in view | C |
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| You have come flying from some unknown distant place | K |
| Resting for a while in my house would not harm you | C |
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| Many things in this house are worth your seeing | L |
| Though apparently a humble hut you are seeing | L |
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| Dainty drapes are hanging from the doors | M |
| And I have decorated the walls with mirrors | N |
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| Beddings are available for guests' comforts | O |
| Not to everyone's lot do fall these comforts' | O |
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| The fly said 'All this may very well be | B |
| But do not expect me to enter your house | O |
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| 'May God protect me from these soft beds | O |
| Once asleep in them getting up again is impossible' | B |
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| The spider spoke to itself on hearing this talk | P |
| 'How to trap it This wretched fellow is clever | D |
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| Many desires are fulfilled with flattery in the world | J |
| All in the world are enslaved with flattery' | D |
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| Thinking this the spider spoke to the fly thus | O |
| 'Madam God has bestowed great honors on you | C |
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| Everyone loves your beautiful face | O |
| Even if someone sees you for the first time | Q |
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| Your eyes look like clusters of glittering diamonds | O |
| God has adorned your beautiful head with a plume | R |
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| This beauty this dress this elegance this neatness | O |
| And all this is very much enhanced by singing in flight' | J |
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| The fly was touched by this flattery | D |
| And spoke 'I do not fear you any more | D |
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| I hate the habit of declining requests | O |
| Disappointing somebody is bad indeed' | J |
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| Saying this it flew from its place | O |
| When it got close the spider snapped it | J |
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| The spider had been starving for many days | O |
| The fly provided a good leisurely meal | B |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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