The Man Between Two Ages, And His Two Mistresses.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEEFFGHGHIIJJ KKLLMMNNOCOBPQ| A man of middle age whose hair | A |
| Was bordering on the grey | B |
| Began to turn his thoughts and care | A |
| The matrimonial way | B |
| By virtue of his ready | C |
| A store of choices had he | C |
| Of ladies bent to suit his taste | D |
| On which account he made no haste | D |
| To court well was no trifling art | E |
| Two widows chiefly gain'd his heart | E |
| The one yet green the other more mature | F |
| Who found for nature's wane in art a cure | F |
| These dames amidst their joking and caressing | G |
| The man they long'd to wed | H |
| Would sometimes set themselves to dressing | G |
| His party colour'd head | H |
| Each aiming to assimilate | I |
| Her lover to her own estate | I |
| The older piecemeal stole | J |
| The black hair from his poll | J |
| While eke with fingers light | K |
| The young one stole the white | K |
| Between them both as if by scald | L |
| His head was changed from grey to bald | L |
| 'For these ' he said 'your gentle pranks | M |
| I owe you ladies many thanks | M |
| By being thus well shaved | N |
| I less have lost than saved | N |
| Of Hymen yet no news at hand | O |
| I do assure ye | C |
| By what I've lost I understand | O |
| It is in your way | B |
| Not mine that I must pass on | P |
| Thanks ladies for the lesson ' | Q |
Jean De La Fontaine
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