The Heifer, The Goat, And The Sheep, In Company With The Lion.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFEGGHHIIJE| The heifer the goat and their sister the sheep | A |
| Compacted their earnings in common to keep | A |
| 'Tis said in time past with a lion who sway'd | B |
| Full lordship o'er neighbours of whatever grade | B |
| The goat as it happen'd a stag having snared | C |
| Sent off to the rest that the beast might be shared | C |
| All gather'd the lion first counts on his claws | D |
| And says 'We'll proceed to divide with our paws | D |
| The stag into pieces as fix'd by our laws ' | E |
| This done he announces part first as his own | F |
| ''Tis mine ' he says 'truly as lion alone ' | E |
| To such a decision there's nought to be said | G |
| As he who has made it is doubtless the head | G |
| 'Well also the second to me should belong | H |
| 'Tis mine be it known by the right of the strong | H |
| Again as the bravest the third must be mine | I |
| To touch but the fourth whoso maketh a sign | I |
| I'll choke him to death | J |
| In the space of a breath ' | E |
Jean De La Fontaine
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