The Cunning Fox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEEFGHIIJJKKLLLL MMNN OPQQRS TT| A fox once practised 'tis believed | A |
| A stratagem right well conceived | A |
| The wretch when in the utmost strait | B |
| By dogs of nose so delicate | C |
| Approach'd a gallows where | D |
| A lesson to like passengers | E |
| Or clothed in feathers or in furs | E |
| Some badgers owls and foxes pendent were | F |
| Their comrade in his pressing need | G |
| Arranged himself among the dead | H |
| I seem to see old Hannibal | I |
| Outwit some Roman general | I |
| And sit securely in his tent | J |
| The legions on some other scent | J |
| But certain dogs kept back | K |
| To tell the errors of the pack | K |
| Arriving where the traitor hung | L |
| A fault in fullest chorus sung | L |
| Though by their bark the welkin rung | L |
| Their master made them hold the tongue | L |
| Suspecting not a trick so odd | M |
| Said he The rogue's beneath the sod | M |
| My dogs that never saw such jokes | N |
| Won't bark beyond these honest folks | N |
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| The rogue would try the trick again | O |
| He did so to his cost and pain | P |
| Again with dogs the welkin rings | Q |
| Again our fox from gallows swings | Q |
| But though he hangs with greater faith | R |
| This time he does it to his death | S |
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| So uniformly is it true | T |
| A stratagem is best when new | T |
Jean De La Fontaine
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