The Head And The Tail Of The Serpent. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEFEGHHIHJJKKLLMM NOOPQOHOR SSTTUVVUWWXY| A | |
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| Two parts the serpent has | B |
| Of men the enemies | C |
| The head and tail the same | D |
| Have won a mighty fame | D |
| Next to the cruel Fates | E |
| So that indeed hence | F |
| They once had great debates | E |
| About precedence | G |
| The first had always gone ahead | H |
| The tail had been for ever led | H |
| And now to Heaven it pray'd | I |
| And said | H |
| 'O many and many a league | J |
| Dragg'd on in sore fatigue | J |
| Behind his back I go | K |
| Shall he for ever use me so | K |
| Am I his humble servant | L |
| No Thanks to God most fervent | L |
| His brother I was born | M |
| And not his slave forlorn | M |
| The self same blood in both | N |
| I'm just as good as he | O |
| A poison dwells in me | O |
| As virulent as doth | P |
| In him In mercy heed | Q |
| And grant me this decree | O |
| That I in turn may lead | H |
| My brother follow me | O |
| My course shall be so wise | R |
| That no complaint shall rise ' | - |
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| With cruel kindness Heaven granted | S |
| The very thing he blindly wanted | S |
| To such desires of beasts and men | T |
| Though often deaf it was not then | T |
| At once this novel guide | U |
| That saw no more in broad daylight | V |
| Than in the murk of darkest night | V |
| His powers of leading tried | U |
| Struck trees and men and stones and bricks | W |
| And led his brother straight to Styx | W |
| And to the same unlovely home | X |
| Some states by such an error come | Y |
Jean De La Fontaine
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