The Fox And The Turkeys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDCEDFFGGHHGGIIJJ GGKKLLGGMM GG| Against a robber fox a tree | A |
| Some turkeys served as citadel | B |
| That villain much provoked to see | A |
| Each standing there as sentinel | C |
| Cried out 'Such witless birds | D |
| At me stretch out their necks and gobble | C |
| No by the powers I'll give them trouble ' | E |
| He verified his words | D |
| The moon that shined full on the oak | F |
| Seem'd then to help the turkey folk | F |
| But fox in arts of siege well versed | G |
| Ransack'd his bag of tricks accursed | G |
| He feign'd himself about to climb | H |
| Walk'd on his hinder legs sublime | H |
| Then death most aptly counterfeited | G |
| And seem'd anon resuscitated | G |
| A practiser of wizard arts | I |
| Could not have fill'd so many parts | I |
| In moonlight he contrived to raise | J |
| His tail and make it seem a blaze | J |
| And countless other tricks like that | G |
| Meanwhile no turkey slept or sat | G |
| Their constant vigilance at length | K |
| As hoped the fox wore out their strength | K |
| Bewilder'd by the rigs he run | L |
| They lost their balance one by one | L |
| As Renard slew he laid aside | G |
| Till nearly half of them had died | G |
| Then proudly to his larder bore | M |
| And laid them up an ample store | M |
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| A foe by being over heeded | G |
| Has often in his plan succeeded | G |
Jean De La Fontaine
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