The Sycophantic Fox And The Gullible Raven Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG HCHCDD CCCCI DCDCCC DCDCJJ CKCKCC CLCLMM| A raven sat upon a tree | A |
| And not a word he spoke for | B |
| His beak contained a piece of Brie | A |
| Or maybe it was Roquefort | C |
| We'll make it any kind you please | D |
| At all events it was a cheese | D |
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| Beneath the tree's umbrageous limb | E |
| A hungry fox sat smiling | F |
| He saw the raven watching him | E |
| And spoke in words beguiling | F |
| J'admire said he ton beau plumage | G |
| The which was simply persiflage | G |
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| Two things there are no doubt you know | H |
| To which a fox is used | C |
| A rooster that is bound to crow | H |
| A crow that's bound to roost | C |
| And whichsoever he espies | D |
| He tells the most unblushing lies | D |
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| Sweet fowl he said I understand | C |
| You're more than merely natty | C |
| I hear you sing to beat the band | C |
| And Adelina Patti | C |
| Pray render with your liquid tongue | I |
| A bit from 'Gotterdammerung ' | - |
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| This subtle speech was aimed to please | D |
| The crow and it succeeded | C |
| He thought no bird in all the trees | D |
| Could sing as well as he did | C |
| In flattery completely doused | C |
| He gave the Jewel Song from Faust | C |
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| But gravitation's law of course | D |
| As Isaac Newton showed it | C |
| Exerted on the cheese its force | D |
| And elsewhere soon bestowed it | C |
| In fact there is no need to tell | J |
| What happened when to earth it fell | J |
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| I blush to add that when the bird | C |
| Took in the situation | K |
| He said one brief emphatic word | C |
| Unfit for publication | K |
| The fox was greatly startled but | C |
| He only sighed and answered Tut | C |
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| THE MORAL is A fox is bound | C |
| To be a shameless sinner | L |
| And also When the cheese comes round | C |
| You know it's after dinner | L |
| But what is only known to few | M |
| The fox is after dinner too | M |
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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