Fortune And The Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFGHHI JJKLMMNNN| A | |
| - | |
| Beside a well uncurb'd and deep | B |
| A schoolboy laid him down to sleep | B |
| Such rogues can do so anywhere | C |
| If some kind man had seen him there | C |
| He would have leap'd as if distracted | D |
| But Fortune much more wisely acted | D |
| For passing by she softly waked the child | E |
| Thus whispering in accents mild | E |
| 'I save your life my little dear | F |
| And beg you not to venture here | G |
| Again for had you fallen in | H |
| I should have had to bear the sin | H |
| But I demand in reason's name | I |
| If for your rashness I'm to blame ' | - |
| With this the goddess went her way | J |
| I like her logic I must say | J |
| There takes place nothing on this planet | K |
| But Fortune ends whoe'er began it | L |
| In all adventures good or ill | M |
| We look to her to foot the bill | M |
| Has one a stupid empty pate | N |
| That serves him never till too late | N |
| He clears himself by blaming Fate | N |
Jean De La Fontaine
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