Philomel And Progne. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDDEE FFGGGE HHIJK| A | |
| - | |
| From home and city spires one day | B |
| The swallow Progne flew away | B |
| And sought the bosky dell | C |
| Where sang poor Philomel | C |
| 'My sister ' Progne said 'how do you do | D |
| 'Tis now a thousand years since you | D |
| Have been conceal'd from human view | D |
| I'm sure I have not seen your face | E |
| Once since the times of Thrace | E |
| Pray will you never quit this dull retreat ' | - |
| 'Where could I find ' said Philomel 'so sweet ' | - |
| 'What sweet ' cried Progne 'sweet to waste | F |
| Such tones on beasts devoid of taste | F |
| Or on some rustic at the most | G |
| Should you by deserts be engross'd | G |
| Come be the city's pride and boast | G |
| Besides the woods remind of harms | E |
| That Tereus in them did your charms ' | - |
| 'Alas ' replied the bird of song | H |
| 'The thought of that so cruel wrong | H |
| Makes me from age to age | I |
| Prefer this hermitage | J |
| For nothing like the sight of men | K |
| Can call up what I suffer'd then ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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