The Stag Seeing Himself In The Water Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDDEEDD DFFGHIJJIKK DDLL| A | |
| - | |
| Beside a placid crystal flood | B |
| A stag admired the branching wood | C |
| That high upon his forehead stood | C |
| But gave his Maker little thanks | D |
| For what he call'd his spindle shanks | D |
| 'What limbs are these for such a head | E |
| So mean and slim ' with grief he said | E |
| 'My glorious heads o'ertops | D |
| The branches of the copse | D |
| My legs are my disgrace ' | - |
| As thus he talk'd a bloodhound gave him chase | D |
| To save his life he flew | F |
| Where forests thickest grew | F |
| His horns pernicious ornament | G |
| Arresting him where'er he went | H |
| Did unavailing render | I |
| What else in such a strife | J |
| Had saved his precious life | J |
| His legs as fleet as slender | I |
| Obliged to yield he cursed the gear | K |
| Which nature gave him every year | K |
| - | |
| Too much the beautiful we prize | D |
| The useful often we despise | D |
| Yet oft as happen'd to the stag | L |
| The former doth to ruin drag | L |
Jean De La Fontaine
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