The Shepherd And His Flock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEEFEFGGH EEIIJKKJLLLMMG NNHHOGOG HFPPPGGP| A | |
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| 'What shall I lose them one by one | B |
| This stupid coward throng | C |
| And never shall the wolf have done | B |
| They were at least a thousand strong | C |
| But still they've let poor Robin fall a prey | D |
| Ah woe's the day | D |
| Poor Robin Wether lying dead | E |
| He follow'd for a bit of bread | E |
| His master through the crowded city | F |
| And would have follow'd had he led | E |
| Around the world O what a pity | F |
| My pipe and even step he knew | G |
| To meet me when I came he flew | G |
| In hedge row shade we napp'd together | H |
| Alas alas my Robin Wether ' | - |
| When Willy thus had duly said | E |
| His eulogy upon the dead | E |
| And unto everlasting fame | I |
| Consign'd poor Robin Wether's name | I |
| He then harangued the flock at large | J |
| From proud old chieftain rams | K |
| Down to the smallest lambs | K |
| Addressing them this weighty charge | J |
| Against the wolf as one to stand | L |
| In firm united fearless band | L |
| By which they might expel him from their land | L |
| Upon their faith they would not flinch | M |
| They promised him a single inch | M |
| 'We'll choke ' said they 'the murderous glutton | G |
| Who robbed of us of our Robin Mutton ' | - |
| Their lives they pledged against the beast | N |
| And Willy gave them all a feast | N |
| But evil Fate than Phoebus faster | H |
| Ere night had brought a new disaster | H |
| A wolf there came By nature's law | O |
| The total flock were prompt to run | G |
| And yet 'twas not the wolf they saw | O |
| But shadow of him from the setting sun | G |
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| Harangue a craven soldiery | H |
| What heroes they will seem to be | F |
| But let them snuff the smoke of battle | P |
| Or even hear the ramrods rattle | P |
| Adieu to all their spunk and mettle | P |
| Your own example will be vain | G |
| And exhortations to retain | G |
| The timid cattle | P |
Jean De La Fontaine
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