The Hare And The Partridge (prose Fable) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C DNever mock at other people's misfortune for you cannot tell how soon you yourself may be unhappy sop the sage has given us one or two examples of this truth and I am going to tell you of a similar one now | A |
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A hare and a partridge were living as fellow citizens very peacefully in a field when a pack of hounds making an onset obliged the hare to seek refuge He rushed into his form and succeeded in putting the hounds at fault But here the scent from his over heated body betrayed him Towler philosophising concluded that this scent came from his hare and with admirable zeal routed him out Then old Trusty who never is at fault proclaimed that the hare was gone away The poor unfortunate creature at last died in his form | B |
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The partridge his companion thought fit to soothe his last moments with some scoffing remarks upon his fate You boasted of being so swift she said What has come to your feet then | C |
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But even as she was chuckling her own turn came Secure in the belief that her wings would save her whatever happened she did not reckon upon the cruel talons of the hawk | D |
Jean De La Fontaine
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