The Cat Metamorphosed Into A Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEFFGHIJIJBBKK LMMLNNOPQQRR STSTUVWWXXYY| A | |
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| A bachelor caress'd his cat | B |
| A darling fair and delicate | C |
| So deep in love he thought her mew | D |
| The sweetest voice he ever knew | D |
| By prayers and tears and magic art | E |
| The man got Fate to take his part | E |
| And lo one morning at his side | F |
| His cat transform'd became his bride | F |
| In wedded state our man was seen | G |
| The fool in courtship he had been | H |
| No lover e'er was so bewitch'd | I |
| By any maiden's charms | J |
| As was this husband so enrich'd | I |
| By hers within his arms | J |
| He praised her beauties this and that | B |
| And saw there nothing of the cat | B |
| In short by passion's aid he | K |
| Thought her a perfect lady | K |
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| 'Twas night some carpet gnawing mice | L |
| Disturb'd the nuptial joys | M |
| Excited by the noise | M |
| The bride sprang at them in a trice | L |
| The mice were scared and fled | N |
| The bride scarce in her bed | N |
| The gnawing heard and sprang again | O |
| And this time not in vain | P |
| For in this novel form array'd | Q |
| Of her the mice were less afraid | Q |
| Through life she loved this mousing course | R |
| So great is stubborn nature's force | R |
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| In mockery of change the old | S |
| Will keep their youthful bent | T |
| When once the cloth has got its fold | S |
| The smelling pot its scent | T |
| In vain your efforts and your care | U |
| To make them other than they are | V |
| To work reform do what you will | W |
| Old habit will be habit still | W |
| Nor fork nor strap can mend its manners | X |
| Nor cudgel blows beat down its banners | X |
| Secure the doors against the renter | Y |
| And through the windows it will enter | Y |
Jean De La Fontaine
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