The Ass Dressed In The Lion's Skin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFFEEGG HHBB| A | |
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| Clad in a lion's shaggy hide | B |
| An ass spread terror far and wide | B |
| And though himself a coward brute | C |
| Put all the world to scampering rout | D |
| But by a piece of evil luck | E |
| A portion of an ear outstuck | E |
| Which soon reveal'd the error | F |
| Of all the panic terror | F |
| Old Martin did his office quick | E |
| Surprised were all who did not know the trick | E |
| To see that Martin at his will | G |
| Was driving lions to the mill | G |
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| In France the men are not a few | H |
| Of whom this fable proves too true | H |
| Whose valour chiefly doth reside | B |
| In coat they wear and horse they ride | B |
Jean De La Fontaine
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