The Abbreviated Fox And His Sceptical Comrades Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKEK BLKLKMNM OPCPQERE STUT VKWK| A certain fox had a Grecian nose | A |
| And a beautiful tail His friends | B |
| Were wont to say in a jesting way | C |
| A divinity shaped his ends | B |
| The fact is sad but his foxship had | D |
| A fault we should all eschew | E |
| He was so deceived that he quite believed | F |
| What he heard from friends was true | E |
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| One day he found in a sheltered spot | G |
| A trap with stalwart springs | H |
| That was cunningly planned to supply the demand | I |
| For some of those tippet things | H |
| The fox drew nigh and resolved to try | J |
| The way that the trap was set | K |
| When the trap was through with this interview | E |
| There was one less tippet to get | K |
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| The fox returned to his doting friends | B |
| And said with an awkward smile | L |
| My tail I know was comme il faut | K |
| And served me well for a while | L |
| When his comrades laughed at his shortage aft | K |
| He added with scornful bow | M |
| Pray check your mirth for I hear from Worth | N |
| They're wearing them shorter now | M |
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| But one of his friends a bookish chap | O |
| Replied with a thoughtful frown | P |
| You know to day the publishers say | C |
| That the short tale won't go down | P |
| And upon my soul I think on the whole | Q |
| That the publishers' words are true | E |
| I should hate good sir to part my fur | R |
| In the middle as done by you | E |
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| And another added these truthful words | S |
| In the midst of the eager hush | T |
| We can part our hair 'most anywhere | U |
| So long as we keep the brush | T |
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| THE MORAL is this It is never amiss | V |
| To treasure the things you've penned | K |
| Preserve your tales for when all else fails | W |
| They'll be useful things in the end | K |
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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