The Lion And The Hunter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCB DE FGF HIHI| A | |
| - | |
| A braggart lover of the chase | B |
| Had lost a dog of valued race | B |
| And thought him in a lion's maw | C |
| He ask'd a shepherd whom he saw | C |
| 'Pray show me man the robber's place | B |
| And I'll have justice in the case ' | - |
| ''Tis on this mountain side ' | - |
| The shepherd man replied | D |
| 'The tribute of a sheep I pay | E |
| Each month and where I please I stray ' | - |
| Out leap'd the lion as he spake | F |
| And came that way with agile feet | G |
| The braggart prompt his flight to take | F |
| Cried 'Jove O grant a safe retreat ' | - |
| - | |
| A danger close at hand | H |
| Of courage is the test | I |
| It shows us who will stand | H |
| Whose legs will run their best | I |
Jean De La Fontaine
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