The Eagle And The Magpie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBCDCDDBBBEB FFGGDDBBGGFFHHFF D GBGBFFDGGD| A | |
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| The eagle through the air a queen | B |
| And one far different I ween | B |
| In temper language thought and mien | B |
| The magpie once a prairie cross'd | C |
| The by path where they met was drear | D |
| And Madge gave up herself for lost | C |
| But having dined on ample cheer | D |
| The eagle bade her 'Never fear | D |
| You're welcome to my company | B |
| For if the king of gods can be | B |
| Full oft in need of recreation | B |
| Who rules the world right well may I | E |
| Who serve him in that high relation | B |
| Amuse me then before you fly ' | - |
| Our cackler pleased at quickest rate | F |
| Of this and that began to prate | F |
| Not he of whom old Flaccus writes | G |
| The most impertinent of wights | G |
| Or any babbler for that matter | D |
| Could more incontinently chatter | D |
| At last she offer'd to make known | B |
| A better spy had never flown | B |
| All things whatever she might see | G |
| In travelling from tree to tree | G |
| But with her offer little pleased | F |
| Nay gathering wrath at being teased | F |
| For such a purpose never rove | H |
| Replied th' impatient bird of Jove | H |
| 'Adieu my cackling friend adieu | F |
| My court is not the place for you | F |
| Heaven keep it free from such a bore ' | - |
| Madge flapp'd her wings and said no more | D |
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| 'Tis far less easy than it seems | G |
| An entrance to the great to gain | B |
| The honour oft hath cost extremes | G |
| Of mortal pain | B |
| The craft of spies the tattling art | F |
| And looks more gracious than the heart | F |
| Are odious there | D |
| But still if one would meet success | G |
| Of different parishes the dress | G |
| He like the pie must wear | D |
Jean De La Fontaine
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