The Man And His Image.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDDDEEFFGGAAHHGF FFFFGAAII FFDDFFAAJJ| To M The Duke De La Rochefoucauld | A |
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| A man who had no rivals in the love | B |
| Which to himself he bore | C |
| Esteem'd his own dear beauty far above | B |
| What earth had seen before | C |
| More than contented in his error | D |
| He lived the foe of every mirror | D |
| Officious fate resolved our lover | D |
| From such an illness should recover | D |
| Presented always to his eyes | E |
| The mute advisers which the ladies prize | E |
| Mirrors in parlours inns and shops | F |
| Mirrors the pocket furniture of fops | F |
| Mirrors on every lady's zone | G |
| From which his face reflected shone | G |
| What could our dear Narcissus do | A |
| From haunts of men he now withdrew | A |
| On purpose that his precious shape | H |
| From every mirror might escape | H |
| But in his forest glen alone | G |
| Apart from human trace | F |
| A watercourse | F |
| Of purest source | F |
| While with unconscious gaze | F |
| He pierced its waveless face | F |
| Reflected back his own | G |
| Incensed with mingled rage and fright | A |
| He seeks to shun the odious sight | A |
| But yet that mirror sheet so clear and still | I |
| He cannot leave do what he will | I |
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| Ere this my story's drift you plainly see | F |
| From such mistake there is no mortal free | F |
| That obstinate self lover | D |
| The human soul doth cover | D |
| The mirrors follies are of others | F |
| In which as all are genuine brothers | F |
| Each soul may see to life depicted | A |
| Itself with just such faults afflicted | A |
| And by that charming placid brook | J |
| Needless to say I mean your Maxim Book | J |
Jean De La Fontaine
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