The Lion's Court Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFFGGHHII CCJJIIKKDDKKIILLMMKK BCNNI IIKK OCCIIII| A | |
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| His lion majesty would know one day | B |
| What bestial tribes were subject to his sway | B |
| He therefore gave his vassals all | C |
| By deputies a call | C |
| Despatching everywhere | D |
| A written circular | E |
| Which bore his seal and did import | F |
| His majesty would hold his court | F |
| A month most splendidly | G |
| A feast would open his levee | G |
| Which done Sir Jocko's sleight | H |
| Would give the court delight | H |
| By such sublime magnificence | I |
| The king would show his power immense | I |
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| Now were they gather'd all | C |
| Within the royal hall | C |
| And such a hall The charnel scent | J |
| Would make the strongest nerves relent | J |
| The bear put up his paw to close | I |
| The double access of his nose | I |
| The act had better been omitted | K |
| His throne at once the monarch quitted | K |
| And sent to Pluto's court the bear | D |
| To show his delicacy there | D |
| The ape approved the cruel deed | K |
| A thorough flatterer by breed | K |
| He praised the prince's wrath and claws | I |
| He praised the odour and its cause | I |
| Judged by the fragrance of that cave | L |
| The amber of the Baltic wave | L |
| The rose the pink the hawthorn bank | M |
| Might with the vulgar garlic rank | M |
| The mark his flattery overshot | K |
| And made him share poor Bruin's lot | K |
| This lion playing in his way | B |
| The part of Don Caligula | C |
| The fox approach'd 'Now ' said the king | N |
| 'Apply your nostrils to this thing | N |
| And let me hear without disguise | I |
| The judgment of a beast so wise ' | - |
| The fox replied 'Your Majesty will please | I |
| Excuse' and here he took good care to sneeze | I |
| 'Afflicted with a dreadful cold | K |
| Your majesty need not be told | K |
| My sense of smell is mostly gone ' | - |
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| From danger thus withdrawn | O |
| He teaches us the while | C |
| That one to gain the smile | C |
| Of kings must hold the middle place | I |
| 'Twixt blunt rebuke and fulsome praise | I |
| And sometimes use with easy grace | I |
| The language of the Norman race | I |
Jean De La Fontaine
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