The Fox And The Goat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBCCDDEEFFG HHIIJ KLMNOOPPQQRR SS| A | |
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| A fox once journey'd and for company | B |
| A certain bearded horned goat had he | B |
| Which goat no further than his nose could see | B |
| The fox was deeply versed in trickery | B |
| These travellers did thirst compel | C |
| To seek the bottom of a well | C |
| There having drunk enough for two | D |
| Says fox 'My friend what shall we do | D |
| 'Tis time that we were thinking | E |
| Of something else than drinking | E |
| Raise you your feet upon the wall | F |
| And stick your horns up straight and tall | F |
| Then up your back I'll climb with ease | G |
| And draw you after if you please ' | - |
| 'Yes by my beard ' the other said | H |
| ''Tis just the thing I like a head | H |
| Well stock'd with sense like thine | I |
| Had it been left to mine | I |
| I do confess | J |
| I never should have thought of this ' | - |
| So Renard clamber'd out | K |
| And leaving there the goat | L |
| Discharged his obligations | M |
| By preaching thus on patience | N |
| 'Had Heaven put sense thy head within | O |
| To match the beard upon thy chin | O |
| Thou wouldst have thought a bit | P |
| Before descending such a pit | P |
| I'm out of it good bye | Q |
| With prudent effort try | Q |
| Yourself to extricate | R |
| For me affairs of state | R |
| Permit me not to wait ' | - |
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| Whatever way you wend | S |
| Consider well the end | S |
Jean De La Fontaine
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