The Wallet.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCCDDEFFGHGEIIJJ JKLMMNNOOPQRRQQSS| From heaven one day did Jupiter proclaim | A |
| 'Let all that live before my throne appear | B |
| And there if any one hath aught to blame | A |
| In matter form or texture of his frame | A |
| He may bring forth his grievance without fear | B |
| Redress shall instantly be given to each | C |
| Come monkey now first let us have your speech | C |
| You see these quadrupeds your brothers | D |
| Comparing then yourself with others | D |
| Are you well satisfied ' 'And wherefore not ' | E |
| Says Jock 'Haven't I four trotters with the rest | F |
| Is not my visage comely as the best | F |
| But this my brother Bruin is a blot | G |
| On thy creation fair | H |
| And sooner than be painted I'd be shot | G |
| Were I great sire a bear ' | E |
| The bear approaching doth he make complaint | I |
| Not he himself he lauds without restraint | I |
| The elephant he needs must criticize | J |
| To crop his ears and stretch his tail were wise | J |
| A creature he of huge misshapen size | J |
| The elephant though famed as beast judicious | K |
| While on his own account he had no wishes | L |
| Pronounced dame whale too big to suit his taste | M |
| Of flesh and fat she was a perfect waste | M |
| The little ant again pronounced the gnat too wee | N |
| To such a speck a vast colossus she | N |
| Each censured by the rest himself content | O |
| Back to their homes all living things were sent | O |
| Such folly liveth yet with human fools | P |
| For others lynxes for ourselves but moles | Q |
| Great blemishes in other men we spy | R |
| Which in ourselves we pass most kindly by | R |
| As in this world we're but way farers | Q |
| Kind Heaven has made us wallet bearers | Q |
| The pouch behind our own defects must store | S |
| The faults of others lodge in that before | S |
Jean De La Fontaine
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