The Bitch And Her Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEEFFGGHIJJ K LLMMNO| A | |
| - | |
| A bitch that felt her time approaching | B |
| And had no place for parturition | C |
| Went to a female friend and broaching | B |
| Her delicate condition | C |
| Got leave herself to shut | D |
| Within the other's hut | D |
| At proper time the lender came | E |
| Her little premises to claim | E |
| The bitch crawl'd meekly to the door | F |
| And humbly begg'd a fortnight more | F |
| Her little pups she said could hardly walk | G |
| In short the lender yielded to her talk | G |
| The second term expired the friend had come | H |
| To take possession of her house and home | I |
| The bitch this time as if she would have bit her | J |
| Replied 'I'm ready madam with my litter | J |
| To go when you can turn me out ' | - |
| Her pups you see were fierce and stout | K |
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| The creditor from whom a villain borrows | L |
| Will fewer shillings get again than sorrows | L |
| If you have trusted people of this sort | M |
| You'll have to plead and dun and fight in short | M |
| If in your house you let one step a foot | N |
| He'll surely step the other in to boot | O |
Jean De La Fontaine
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