The Fox, The Monkey, And The Animals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDCCEFEFGHIIJJKKL LMNM OPOPQRSS TU| A | |
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| Left kingless by the lion's death | B |
| The beasts once met our story saith | B |
| Some fit successor to install | C |
| Forth from a dragon guarded moated place | D |
| The crown was brought and taken from its case | D |
| And being tried by turns on all | C |
| The heads of most were found too small | C |
| Some horn d were and some too big | E |
| Not one would fit the regal gear | F |
| For ever ripe for such a rig | E |
| The monkey looking very queer | F |
| Approach'd with antics and grimaces | G |
| And after scores of monkey faces | H |
| With what would seem a gracious stoop | I |
| Pass'd through the crown as through a hoop | I |
| The beasts diverted with the thing | J |
| Did homage to him as their king | J |
| The fox alone the vote regretted | K |
| But yet in public never fretted | K |
| When he his compliments had paid | L |
| To royalty thus newly made | L |
| 'Great sire I know a place ' said he | M |
| 'Where lies conceal'd a treasure | N |
| Which by the right of royalty | M |
| Should bide your royal pleasure ' | - |
| The king lack'd not an appetite | O |
| For such financial pelf | P |
| And not to lose his royal right | O |
| Ran straight to see it for himself | P |
| It was a trap and he was caught | Q |
| Said Renard 'Would you have it thought | R |
| You ape that you can fill a throne | S |
| And guard the rights of all alone | S |
| Not knowing how to guard your own ' | - |
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| The beasts all gather'd from the farce | T |
| That stuff for kings is very scarce | U |
Jean De La Fontaine
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