The Ears Of The Hare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDCEEFFGGHID J DDKDK| A | |
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| Some beast with horns did gore | B |
| The lion and that sovereign dread | C |
| Resolved to suffer so no more | B |
| Straight banish'd from his realm 'tis said | C |
| All sorts of beasts with horns | D |
| Rams bulls goats stags and unicorns | D |
| Such brutes all promptly fled | C |
| A hare the shadow of his ears perceiving | E |
| Could hardly help believing | E |
| That some vile spy for horns would take them | F |
| And food for accusation make them | F |
| 'Adieu ' said he 'my neighbour cricket | G |
| I take my foreign ticket | G |
| My ears should I stay here | H |
| Will turn to horns I fear | I |
| And were they shorter than a bird's | D |
| I fear the effect of words ' | - |
| 'These horns ' the cricket answer'd 'why | J |
| God made them ears who can deny ' | - |
| 'Yes ' said the coward 'still they'll make them horns | D |
| And horns perhaps of unicorns | D |
| In vain shall I protest | K |
| With all the learning of the schools | D |
| My reasons they will send to rest | K |
| In th' Hospital of Fools ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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