The Two Cocks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDCEFFEEEEEEEEGGE EHHIIEEEEJKKJLMMLNNE E| A | |
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| Two cocks in peace were living when | B |
| A war was kindled by a hen | B |
| O love thou bane of Troy 'twas thine | C |
| The blood of men and gods to shed | D |
| Enough to turn the Xanthus red | D |
| As old Port wine | C |
| And long the battle doubtful stood | E |
| I mean the battle of the cocks | F |
| They gave each other fearful shocks | F |
| The fame spread o'er the neighbourhood | E |
| And gather'd all the crested brood | E |
| And Helens more than one of plumage bright | E |
| Led off the victor of that bloody fight | E |
| The vanquish'd drooping fled | E |
| Conceal'd his batter'd head | E |
| And in a dark retreat | E |
| Bewail'd his sad defeat | E |
| His loss of glory and the prize | G |
| His rival now enjoy'd before his eyes | G |
| While this he every day beheld | E |
| His hatred kindled courage swell'd | E |
| He whet his beak and flapp'd his wings | H |
| And meditated dreadful things | H |
| Waste rage His rival flew upon a roof | I |
| And crow'd to give his victory proof | I |
| A hawk this boasting heard | E |
| Now perish'd all his pride | E |
| As suddenly he died | E |
| Beneath that savage bird | E |
| In consequence of this reverse | J |
| The vanquish'd sallied from his hole | K |
| And took the harem master sole | K |
| For moderate penance not the worse | J |
| Imagine the congratulation | L |
| The proud and stately leading | M |
| Gallanting coaxing feeding | M |
| Of wives almost a nation | L |
| 'Tis thus that Fortune loves to flee | N |
| The insolent by victory | N |
| We should mistrust her when we beat | E |
| Lest triumph lead us to defeat | E |
Jean De La Fontaine
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