Parable For A Certain Virgin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECEC FGFG HIHI JKJK LBLB MNMO PQPQ| Oh ponder friend the porcupine | A |
| Refresh your recollection | B |
| And sit a moment to define | A |
| His means of self protection | B |
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| How truly fortified is he | C |
| Where is the beast his double | D |
| In forethought of emergency | C |
| And readiness for trouble | D |
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| Recall his figure and his shade | E |
| How deftly planned and clearly | C |
| For slithering through the dappled glade | E |
| Unseen or pretty nearly | C |
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| Yet should an alien eye discern | F |
| His presence in the woodland | G |
| How little has he left to learn | F |
| Of self defense My good land | G |
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| For he can run as swift as sound | H |
| To where his goose may hang high | I |
| Or thrust his head against the ground | H |
| And tunnel half to Shanghai | I |
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| Or he can climb the dizziest bough | J |
| Unhesitant mechanic | K |
| And resting dash from off his brow | J |
| The bitter beads of panic | K |
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| Or should pursuers press him hot | L |
| One scarcely needs to mention | B |
| His quick and cruel barbs that got | L |
| Shakespearean attention | B |
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| Or driven to his final ditch | M |
| To his extremest thicket | N |
| He'll fight with claws and molars which | M |
| Is not considered cricket | O |
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| How amply armored he to fend | P |
| The fear of chase that haunts him | Q |
| How well prepared our little friend | P |
| And who the devil wants him | Q |
Dorothy Parker
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