The Spider And The Swallow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDDEFFEG HHIIJJDDKKLLJJLMMMIN IN OOPQPQ| A | |
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| 'O Jupiter whose fruitful brain | B |
| By odd obstetrics freed from pain | B |
| Bore Pallas erst my mortal foe | C |
| Pray listen to my tale of woe | C |
| This Progne takes my lawful prey | D |
| As through the air she cuts her way | D |
| And skims the waves in seeming play | D |
| My flies she catches from my door | E |
| 'Yes mine I emphasize the word | F |
| And but for this accursed bird | F |
| My net would hold an ample store | E |
| For I have woven it of stuff | G |
| To hold the strongest strong enough ' | - |
| 'Twas thus in terms of insolence | H |
| Complain'd the fretful spider once | H |
| Of palace tapestry a weaver | I |
| But then a spinster and deceiver | I |
| That hoped within her toils to bring | J |
| Of insects all that ply the wing | J |
| The sister swift of Philomel | D |
| Intent on business prosper'd well | D |
| In spite of the complaining pest | K |
| The insects carried to her nest | K |
| Nest pitiless to suffering flies | L |
| Mouths gaping aye to gormandize | L |
| Of young ones clamouring | J |
| And stammering | J |
| With unintelligible cries | L |
| The spider with but head and feet | M |
| And powerless to compete | M |
| With wings so fleet | M |
| Soon saw herself a prey | I |
| The swallow passing swiftly by | N |
| Bore web and all away | I |
| The spinster dangling in the sky | N |
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| Two tables hath our Maker set | O |
| For all that in this world are met | O |
| To seats around the first | P |
| The skilful vigilant and strong are beckon'd | Q |
| Their hunger and their thirst | P |
| The rest must quell with leavings at the second | Q |
Jean De La Fontaine
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