The Two Mules Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFFECCGHHIJK KI| Two mules were bearing on their backs | A |
| One oats the other silver of the tax | A |
| The latter glorying in his load | B |
| March'd proudly forward on the road | B |
| And from the jingle of his bell | C |
| 'Twas plain he liked his burden well | C |
| But in a wild wood glen | D |
| A band of robber men | D |
| Rush'd forth upon the twain | E |
| Well with the silver pleased | F |
| They by the bridle seized | F |
| The treasure mule so vain | E |
| Poor mule in struggling to repel | C |
| His ruthless foes he fell | C |
| Stabb'd through and with a bitter sighing | G |
| He cried 'Is this the lot they promised me | H |
| My humble friend from danger free | H |
| While weltering in my gore I'm dying ' | I |
| 'My friend ' his fellow mule replied | J |
| 'It is not well to have one's work too high | K |
| If thou hadst been a miller's drudge as I | K |
| Thou wouldst not thus have died ' | I |
Jean De La Fontaine
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