The Fox, The Flies, And The Hedgehog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBDDEFFGG HIIJJJB KKK BBLLLKK| A | |
| - | |
| A fox old subtle vigilant and sly | B |
| By hunters wounded fallen in the mud | C |
| Attracted by the traces of his blood | C |
| That buzzing parasite the fly | B |
| He blamed the gods and wonder'd why | B |
| The Fates so cruelly should wish | D |
| To feast the fly on such a costly dish | D |
| 'What light on me make me its food | E |
| Me me the nimblest of the wood | F |
| How long has fox meat been so good | F |
| What serves my tail Is it a useless weight | G |
| Go Heaven confound thee greedy reprobate | G |
| And suck thy fill from some more vulgar veins ' | - |
| A hedgehog witnessing his pains | H |
| This fretful personage | I |
| Here graces first my page | I |
| Desired to set him free | J |
| From such cupidity | J |
| 'My neighbour fox ' said he | J |
| My quills these rascals shall empale | B |
| And ease thy torments without fail ' | - |
| 'Not for the world my friend ' the fox replied | K |
| 'Pray let them finish their repast | K |
| These flies are full Should they be set aside | K |
| New hungrier swarms would finish me at last ' | - |
| Consumers are too common here below | B |
| In court and camp in church and state we know | B |
| Old Aristotle's penetration | L |
| Remark'd our fable's application | L |
| It might more clearly in our nation | L |
| The fuller certain men are fed | K |
| The less the public will be bled | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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