The Monkey And The Leopard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEEEDDFFGG HIIJJKLMMNNJJOOPPQQR RRRST NNNRR UVCW| A | |
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| A monkey and a leopard were | B |
| The rivals at a country fair | C |
| Each advertised his own attractions | D |
| Said one 'Good sirs the highest place | E |
| My merit knows for of his grace | E |
| The king hath seen me face to face | E |
| And judging by his looks and actions | D |
| I gave the best of satisfactions | D |
| When I am dead 'tis plain enough | F |
| My skin will make his royal muff | F |
| So richly is it streak'd and spotted | G |
| So delicately waved and dotted | G |
| Its various beauty cannot fail to please ' | - |
| And thus invited everybody sees | H |
| But soon they see and soon depart | I |
| The monkey's show bill to the mart | I |
| His merits thus sets forth the while | J |
| All in his own peculiar style | J |
| 'Come gentlemen I pray you come | K |
| In magic arts I am at home | L |
| The whole variety in which | M |
| My neighbour boasts himself so rich | M |
| Is to his simple skin confined | N |
| While mine is living in the mind | N |
| Your humble servant Monsieur Gille | J |
| The son in law to Tickleville | J |
| Pope's monkey and of great renown | O |
| Is now just freshly come to town | O |
| Arrived in three bateaux express | P |
| Your worships to address | P |
| For he can speak you understand | Q |
| Can dance and practise sleight of hand | Q |
| Can jump through hoops and balance sticks | R |
| In short can do a thousand tricks | R |
| And all for blancos six | R |
| Not messieurs for a sou | R |
| And if you think the price won't do | S |
| When you have seen then he'll restore | T |
| Each man his money at the door ' | - |
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| The ape was not to reason blind | N |
| For who in wealth of dress can find | N |
| Such charms as dwell in wealth of mind | N |
| One meets our ever new desires | R |
| The other in a moment tires | R |
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| Alas how many lords there are | U |
| Of mighty sway and lofty mien | V |
| Who like this leopard at the fair | C |
| Show all their talents on the skin | W |
Jean De La Fontaine
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