The Cock And The Fox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDDEEFGFHFIIJJKKL MMNNOPPQC CF KKKRR| A | |
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| Upon a tree there mounted guard | B |
| A veteran cock adroit and cunning | C |
| When to the roots a fox up running | C |
| Spoke thus in tones of kind regard | B |
| 'Our quarrel brother 's at an end | D |
| Henceforth I hope to live your friend | D |
| For peace now reigns | E |
| Throughout the animal domains | E |
| I bear the news come down I pray | F |
| And give me the embrace fraternal | G |
| And please my brother don't delay | F |
| So much the tidings do concern all | H |
| That I must spread them far to day | F |
| Now you and yours can take your walks | I |
| Without a fear or thought of hawks | I |
| And should you clash with them or others | J |
| In us you'll find the best of brothers | J |
| For which you may this joyful night | K |
| Your merry bonfires light | K |
| But first let's seal the bliss | L |
| With one fraternal kiss ' | - |
| 'Good friend ' the cock replied 'upon my word | M |
| A better thing I never heard | M |
| And doubly I rejoice | N |
| To hear it from your voice | N |
| And really there must be something in it | O |
| For yonder come two greyhounds which I flatter | P |
| Myself are couriers on this very matter | P |
| They come so fast they'll be here in a minute | Q |
| I'll down and all of us will seal the blessing | C |
| With general kissing and caressing ' | - |
| 'Adieu ' said fox 'my errand's pressing | C |
| I'll hurry on my way | F |
| And we'll rejoice some other day ' | - |
| So off the fellow scamper'd quick and light | K |
| To gain the fox holes of a neighbouring height | K |
| Less happy in his stratagem than flight | K |
| The cock laugh'd sweetly in his sleeve | R |
| 'Tis doubly sweet deceiver to deceive | R |
Jean De La Fontaine
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