The Sick Stag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFDGHHGI JJJKKLLMMNNOO| A | |
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| A stag where stags abounded | B |
| Fell sick and was surrounded | C |
| Forthwith by comrades kind | D |
| All pressing to assist | E |
| Or see their friend at least | F |
| And ease his anxious mind | D |
| An irksome multitude | G |
| 'Ah sirs ' the sick was fain to cry | H |
| 'Pray leave me here to die | H |
| As others do in solitude | G |
| Pray let your kind attentions cease | I |
| Till death my spirit shall release ' | - |
| But comforters are not so sent | J |
| On duty sad full long intent | J |
| When Heaven pleased they went | J |
| But not without a friendly glass | K |
| That is to say they cropp'd the grass | K |
| And leaves which in that quarter grew | L |
| From which the sick his pittance drew | L |
| By kindness thus compell'd to fast | M |
| He died for want of food at last | M |
| The men take off no trifling dole | N |
| Who heal the body or the soul | N |
| Alas the times do what we will | O |
| They have their payment cure or kill | O |
Jean De La Fontaine
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