The Sick Lion And The Fox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGHIFFIFFJF J| A | |
| - | |
| Sick in his den we understand | B |
| The king of beasts sent out command | B |
| That of his vassals every sort | C |
| Should send some deputies to court | C |
| With promise well to treat | D |
| Each deputy and suite | D |
| On faith of lion duly written | E |
| None should be scratch'd much less be bitten | E |
| The royal will was executed | F |
| And some from every tribe deputed | F |
| The foxes only would not come | G |
| One thus explain'd their choice of home | H |
| 'Of those who seek the court we learn | I |
| The tracks upon the sand | F |
| Have one direction and | F |
| Not one betokens a return | I |
| This fact begetting some distrust | F |
| His majesty at present must | F |
| Excuse us from his great levee | J |
| His plighted word is good no doubt | F |
| But while how beasts get in we see | J |
| We do not see how they get out ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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