The Pack-saddle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFFGG HHIIJJKK| A FAMOUS painter jealous of his wife | A |
| Whose charms he valued more than fame or life | A |
| When going on a journey used his art | B |
| To paint an ASS upon a certain part | B |
| Umbilical 'tis said and like a seal | C |
| Impressive token nothing thence to steal | C |
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| A BROTHER brush enamoured of the dame | D |
| Now took advantage and declared his flame | D |
| The Ass effaced but God knows how 'twas done | E |
| Another soon howe'er he had begun | E |
| And finished well upon the very spot | F |
| In painting few more praises ever got | F |
| But want of recollection made him place | G |
| A saddle where before he none could trace | G |
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| THE husband when returned desired to look | H |
| At what he drew when leave he lately took | H |
| Yes see my dear the wily wife replied | I |
| The Ass is witness faithful I abide | I |
| Zounds said the painter when he got a sight | J |
| What you'd persuade me ev'ry thing is right | J |
| I wish the witness you display so well | K |
| And him who saddled it were both in Hell | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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