The Oracle And The Atheist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEFFE GHHIIEJJ| A | |
| - | |
| That man his Maker can deceive | B |
| Is monstrous folly to believe | B |
| The labyrinthine mazes of the heart | C |
| Are open to His eyes in every part | C |
| Whatever one may do or think or feel | D |
| From Him no darkness can the thing conceal | D |
| A pagan once of graceless heart and hollow | E |
| Whose faith in gods I'm apprehensive | F |
| Was quite as real as expensive | F |
| Consulted at his shrine the god Apollo | E |
| 'Is what I hold alive or not ' | - |
| Said he a sparrow having brought | G |
| Prepared to wring its neck or let it fly | H |
| As need might be to give the god the lie | H |
| Apollo saw the trick | I |
| And answer'd quick | I |
| 'Dead or alive show me your sparrow | E |
| And cease to set for me a trap | J |
| Which can but cause yourself mishap | J |
| I see afar and far I shoot my arrow ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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