The Lion And The Monkey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEEFFGGBBHHHI IJKKJLLMNMNNOOPEQERR| The lion for his kingdom's sake | A |
| In morals would some lessons take | A |
| And therefore call'd one summer's day | B |
| The monkey master of the arts | C |
| An animal of brilliant parts | C |
| To hear what he could say | B |
| Great king the monkey thus began | D |
| To reign upon the wisest plan | D |
| Requires a prince to set his zeal | E |
| And passion for the public weal | E |
| Distinctly and quite high above | F |
| A certain feeling call'd self love | F |
| The parent of all vices | G |
| In creatures of all sizes | G |
| To will this feeling from one's breast away | B |
| Is not the easy labour of a day | B |
| By that your majesty august | H |
| Will execute your royal trust | H |
| From folly free and aught unjust | H |
| Give me replied the king | I |
| Example of each thing | I |
| Each species said the sage | J |
| And I begin with ours | K |
| Exalts its own peculiar powers | K |
| Above sound reason's gauge | J |
| Meanwhile all other kinds and tribes | L |
| As fools and blockheads it describes | L |
| With other compliments as cheap | M |
| But on the other hand the same | N |
| Self love inspires a beast to heap | M |
| The highest pyramid of fame | N |
| For every one that bears his name | N |
| Because he justly deems such praise | O |
| The easiest way himself to raise | O |
| 'Tis my conclusion in the case | P |
| That many a talent here below | E |
| Is but cabal or sheer grimace | Q |
| The art of seeming things to know | E |
| An art in which perfection lies | R |
| More with the ignorant than wise | R |
Jean De La Fontaine
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