The Husband, The Wife, And The Thief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDEFFGGGHIHIBBJKK JLLMMEEN MMM OOPPQQRRSSTUVV| A | |
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| A man that loved and loved his wife | B |
| Still led an almost joyless life | B |
| No tender look nor gracious word | C |
| Nor smile that coming from a bride | D |
| Its object would have deified | D |
| E'er told her doting lord | E |
| The love with which he burn'd | F |
| Was in its kind return'd | F |
| Still unrepining at his lot | G |
| This man thus tied in Hymen's knot | G |
| Thank'd God for all the good he got | G |
| But why If love doth fail to season | H |
| Whatever pleasures Hymen gives | I |
| I'm sure I cannot see the reason | H |
| Why one for him the happier lives | I |
| However since his wife | B |
| Had ne'er caress'd him in her life | B |
| He made complaint of it one night | J |
| The entrance of a thief | K |
| Cut short his tale of grief | K |
| And gave the lady such a fright | J |
| She shrunk from dreaded harms | L |
| Within her husband's arms | L |
| 'Good thief ' cried he | M |
| 'This joy so sweet I owe to thee | M |
| Now take as thy reward | E |
| Of all that owns me lord | E |
| Whatever suits thee save my spouse | N |
| Ay if thou pleasest take the house ' | - |
| As thieves are not remarkably | M |
| O'erstock'd with modesty | M |
| This fellow made quite free | M |
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| From this account it doth appear | O |
| The passions all are ruled by fear | O |
| Aversion may be conquer'd by it | P |
| And even love may not defy it | P |
| But still some cases there have been | Q |
| Where love hath ruled the roast I ween | Q |
| That lover witness highly bred | R |
| Who burnt his house above his head | R |
| And all to clasp a certain dame | S |
| And bear her harmless through the flame | S |
| This transport through the fire | T |
| I own I much admire | U |
| And for a Spanish soul reputed coolish | V |
| I think it grander even than 'twas foolish | V |
Jean De La Fontaine
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