The Stag And The Vine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEFCFGGHHD IIJJ| A | |
| - | |
| A stag by favour of a vine | B |
| Which grew where suns most genial shine | B |
| And form'd a thick and matted bower | C |
| Which might have turn'd a summer shower | C |
| Was saved from ruinous assault | D |
| The hunters thought their dogs at fault | D |
| And call'd them off In danger now no more | E |
| The stag a thankless wretch and vile | F |
| Began to browse his benefactress o'er | C |
| The hunters listening the while | F |
| The rustling heard came back | G |
| With all their yelping pack | G |
| And seized him in that very place | H |
| 'This is ' said he 'but justice in my case | H |
| Let every black ingrate | D |
| Henceforward profit by my fate ' | - |
| The dogs fell to 'twere wasting breath | I |
| To pray those hunters at the death | I |
| They left and we will not revile 'em | J |
| A warning for profaners of asylum | J |
Jean De La Fontaine
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