The Vultures And The Pigeons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEEFGGFFHHFFII JJKKLLMMFFNFNOPPOQRR QMSTU DVDV| A | |
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| Mars once made havoc in the air | B |
| Some cause aroused a quarrel there | B |
| Among the birds not those that sing | C |
| The courtiers of the merry Spring | C |
| And by their talk in leafy bowers | D |
| Of loves they feel enkindle ours | D |
| Nor those which Cupid's mother yokes | E |
| To whirl on high her golden spokes | E |
| But naughty hawk and vulture folks | E |
| Of hooked beak and talons keen | F |
| The carcass of a dog 'tis said | G |
| Had to this civil carnage led | G |
| Blood rain'd upon the swarded green | F |
| And valiant deeds were done I ween | F |
| But time and breath would surely fail | H |
| To give the fight in full detail | H |
| Suffice to say that chiefs were slain | F |
| And heroes strow'd the sanguine plain | F |
| Till old Prometheus in his chains | I |
| Began to hope an end of pains | I |
| 'Twas sport to see the battle rage | J |
| And valiant hawk with hawk engage | J |
| 'Twas pitiful to see them fall | K |
| Torn bleeding weltering gasping all | K |
| Force courage cunning all were plied | L |
| Intrepid troops on either side | L |
| No effort spared to populate | M |
| The dusky realms of hungry Fate | M |
| This woful strife awoke compassion | F |
| Within another feather'd nation | F |
| Of iris neck and tender heart | N |
| They tried their hand at mediation | F |
| To reconcile the foes or part | N |
| The pigeon people duly chose | O |
| Ambassadors who work'd so well | P |
| As soon the murderous rage to quell | P |
| And stanch the source of countless woes | O |
| A truce took place and peace ensued | Q |
| Alas the people dearly paid | R |
| Who such pacification made | R |
| Those cursed hawks at once pursued | Q |
| The harmless pigeons slew and ate | M |
| Till towns and fields were desolate | S |
| Small prudence had the friends of peace | T |
| To pacify such foes as these | U |
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| The safety of the rest requires | D |
| The bad should flesh each other's spears | V |
| Whoever peace with them desires | D |
| Had better set them by the ears | V |
Jean De La Fontaine
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