The Horse Wishing To Be Revenged Upon The Stag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEFFFFGGFFFHFHHH HHIIJ HHFFI KKHHLHLHHH| A | |
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| The horses have not always been | B |
| The humble slaves of men | C |
| When in the far off past | D |
| The fare of gentlemen was mast | D |
| And even hats were never felt | E |
| Horse ass and mule in forests dwelt | E |
| Nor saw one then as in these ages | F |
| So many saddles housings pillions | F |
| Such splendid equipages | F |
| With golden lace postilions | F |
| Such harnesses for cattle | G |
| To be consumed in battle | G |
| As one saw not so many feasts | F |
| And people married by the priests | F |
| The horse fell out within that space | F |
| With the antler'd stag so fleetly made | H |
| He could not catch him in a race | F |
| And so he came to man for aid | H |
| Man first his suppliant bitted | H |
| Then on his back well seated | H |
| Gave chase with spear and rested not | H |
| Till to the ground the foe he brought | H |
| This done the honest horse quite blindly | I |
| Thus thank'd his benefactor kindly | I |
| 'Dear sir I'm much obliged to you | J |
| I'll back to savage life Adieu ' | - |
| 'O no ' the man replied | H |
| 'You'd better here abide | H |
| I know too well your use | F |
| Here free from all abuse | F |
| Remain a liege to me | I |
| And large your provender shall be ' | - |
| Alas good housing or good cheer | K |
| That costs one's liberty is dear | K |
| The horse his folly now perceived | H |
| But quite too late he grieved | H |
| No grief his fate could alter | L |
| His stall was built and there he lived | H |
| And died there in his halter | L |
| Ah wise had he one small offence forgot | H |
| Revenge however sweet is dearly bought | H |
| By that one good which gone all else is nought | H |
Jean De La Fontaine
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