The Ass And The Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEFGGHIEHJJKKFL LFMNOOPPQQLLKKRRSSFF| Along the road an ass and dog | A |
| One master following did jog | B |
| Their master slept meanwhile the ass | C |
| Applied his nippers to the grass | C |
| Much pleased in such a place to stop | D |
| Though there no thistle he could crop | D |
| He would not be too delicate | E |
| Nor spoil a dinner for a plate | F |
| Which but for that his favourite dish | G |
| Were all that any ass could wish | G |
| My dear companion Towser said | H |
| 'Tis as a starving dog I ask it | I |
| Pray lower down your loaded basket | E |
| And let me get a piece of bread | H |
| No answer not a word indeed | J |
| The truth was our Arcadian steed | J |
| Fear'd lest for every moment's flight | K |
| His nimble teeth should lose a bite | K |
| At last I counsel you said he to wait | F |
| Till master is himself awake | L |
| Who then unless I much mistake | L |
| Will give his dog the usual bait | F |
| Meanwhile there issued from the wood | M |
| A creature of the wolfish brood | N |
| Himself by famine sorely pinch'd | O |
| At sight of him the donkey flinch'd | O |
| And begg'd the dog to give him aid | P |
| The dog budged not but answer made | P |
| I counsel thee my friend to run | Q |
| Till master's nap is fairly done | Q |
| There can indeed be no mistake | L |
| That he will very soon awake | L |
| Till then scud off with all your might | K |
| And should he snap you in your flight | K |
| This ugly wolf why let him feel | R |
| The greeting of your well shod heel | R |
| I do not doubt at all but that | S |
| Will be enough to lay him flat | S |
| But ere he ceased it was too late | F |
| The ass had met his cruel fate | F |
Jean De La Fontaine
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