The Peacock Complaining To Juno Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEFF GGHHIIIIIIIIJJKKBBII I IL| A | |
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| The peacock to the queen of heaven | B |
| Complain'd in some such words | C |
| 'Great goddess you have given | B |
| To me the laughing stock of birds | C |
| A voice which fills by taste quite just | D |
| All nature with disgust | D |
| Whereas that little paltry thing | E |
| The nightingale pours from her throat | F |
| So sweet and ravishing a note | F |
| She bears alone the honours of the spring ' | - |
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| In anger Juno heard | G |
| And cried 'Shame on you jealous bird | G |
| Grudge you the nightingale her voice | H |
| Who in the rainbow neck rejoice | H |
| Than costliest silks more richly tinted | I |
| In charms of grace and form unstinted | I |
| Who strut in kingly pride | I |
| Your glorious tail spread wide | I |
| With brilliants which in sheen do | I |
| Outshine the jeweller's bow window | I |
| Is there a bird beneath the blue | I |
| That has more charms than you | I |
| No animal in everything can shine | J |
| By just partition of our gifts divine | J |
| Each has its full and proper share | K |
| Among the birds that cleave the air | K |
| The hawk's a swift the eagle is a brave one | B |
| For omens serves the hoarse old raven | B |
| The rook's of coming ills the prophet | I |
| And if there's any discontent | I |
| I've heard not of it | I |
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| 'Cease then your envious complaint | I |
| Or I instead of making up your lack | L |
| Will take your boasted plumage from your back ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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