The Jay In The Feathers Of The Peacock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCCCDDEE FGFGCC| A | |
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| A peacock moulted soon a jay was seen | B |
| Bedeck'd with Argus tail of gold and green | B |
| High strutting with elated crest | C |
| As much a peacock as the rest | C |
| His trick was recognized and bruited | C |
| His person jeer'd at hiss'd and hooted | C |
| The peacock gentry flock'd together | D |
| And pluck'd the fool of every feather | D |
| Nay more when back he sneak'd to join his race | E |
| They shut their portals in his face | E |
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| There is another sort of jay | F |
| The number of its legs the same | G |
| Which makes of borrow'd plumes display | F |
| And plagiary is its name | G |
| But hush the tribe I'll not offend | C |
| 'Tis not my work their ways to mend | C |
Jean De La Fontaine
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