Jean De La Fontaine

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The Wax-candle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDDEEFFGHGHCCIIII CJCJKK

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From bowers of gods the bees came down to manB
On Mount Hymettus first they sayC
They made their home and stored awayC
The treasures which the zephyrs fanB
When men had robb'd these daughters of the skyD
And left their palaces of nectar dryD
Or as in French the thing's explain'dE
When hives were of their honey drain'dE
The spoilers 'gan the wax to handleF
And fashion'd from it many a candleF
Of these one seeing clay made brick by fireG
Remain uninjured by the teeth of timeH
Was kindled into great desireG
For immortality sublimeH
And so this new EmpedoclesC
Upon the blazing pile one seesC
Self doom'd by purest follyI
To fate so melancholyI
The candle lack'd philosophyI
All things are made diverse to beI
To wander from our destined tracksC
There cannot be a vainer wishJ
But this Empedocles of waxC
That melted in the chafing dishJ
Was truly not a greater foolK
Than he of whom we read at schoolK

Jean De La Fontaine



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