The League Of The Rats Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBBCDEEDFGFGHIJIK LMKNNHOPPQQDHDDRSTTU UUVWWXYYGGZZA2A2A2A2 B2B2| A mouse was once in mortal fear | A |
| Of a cat that watch'd her portal near | A |
| What could be done in such a case | B |
| With prudent care she left the catship | C |
| And courted with a humble grace | B |
| A neighbour of a higher race | B |
| Whose lordship I should say his ratship | C |
| Lay in a great hotel | D |
| And who had boasted oft 'tis said | E |
| Of living wholly without dread | E |
| 'Well ' said this braggart 'well | D |
| Dame Mouse what should I do | F |
| Alone I cannot rout | G |
| The foe that threatens you | F |
| I'll rally all the rats about | G |
| And then I'll play him such a trick ' | H |
| The mouse her court'sy dropp'd | I |
| And off the hero scamper'd quick | J |
| Nor till he reach'd the buttery stopp'd | I |
| Where scores of rats were clustered | K |
| In riotous extravagance | L |
| All feasting at the host's expense | M |
| To him arriving there much flustered | K |
| Indeed quite out of breath | N |
| A rat among the feasters saith | N |
| 'What news what news I pray you speak ' | H |
| The rat recovering breath to squeak | O |
| Replied 'To tell the matter in a trice | P |
| It is that we must promptly aid the mice | P |
| For old Raminagrab is making | Q |
| Among their ranks a dreadful quaking | Q |
| This cat of cats the very devil | D |
| When mice are gone will do us evil ' | H |
| 'True true ' said each and all | D |
| 'To arms to arms ' they cry and call | D |
| Some ratties by their fears | R |
| Were melted e'en to tears | S |
| It matter'd not a whisk | T |
| Nor check'd the valour brisk | T |
| Each took upon his back | U |
| Some cheese in haversack | U |
| And roundly swore to risk | U |
| His carcass in the cause | V |
| They march'd as to a feast | W |
| Not flinching in the least | W |
| But quite too late for in his jaws | X |
| The cat already held the mouse | Y |
| They rapidly approach'd the house | Y |
| To save their friend beyond a doubt | G |
| Just then the cat came growling out | G |
| The mouse beneath his whisker'd nose | Z |
| And march'd along before his foes | Z |
| At such a voice our rats discreet | A2 |
| Foreboding a defeat | A2 |
| Effected in a style most fleet | A2 |
| A fortunate retreat | A2 |
| Back hurried to his hole each rat | B2 |
| And afterwards took care to shun the cat | B2 |
Jean De La Fontaine
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