The Wolf And The Dog.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDEEDFFDEEGGGGH IJJKLMLLNOOPPQQRLDDS STLGLOLLUVVLW| A prowling wolf whose shaggy skin | A |
| So strict the watch of dogs had been | A |
| Hid little but his bones | B |
| Once met a mastiff dog astray | C |
| A prouder fatter sleeker Tray | C |
| No human mortal owns | B |
| Sir Wolf in famish'd plight | D |
| Would fain have made a ration | E |
| Upon his fat relation | E |
| But then he first must fight | D |
| And well the dog seem'd able | F |
| To save from wolfish table | F |
| His carcass snug and tight | D |
| So then in civil conversation | E |
| The wolf express'd his admiration | E |
| Of Tray's fine case Said Tray politely | G |
| 'Yourself good sir may be as sightly | G |
| Quit but the woods advised by me | G |
| For all your fellows here I see | G |
| Are shabby wretches lean and gaunt | H |
| Belike to die of haggard want | I |
| With such a pack of course it follows | J |
| One fights for every bit he swallows | J |
| Come then with me and share | K |
| On equal terms our princely fare ' | L |
| 'But what with you | M |
| Has one to do ' | L |
| Inquires the wolf 'Light work indeed ' | L |
| Replies the dog 'you only need | N |
| To bark a little now and then | O |
| To chase off duns and beggar men | O |
| To fawn on friends that come or go forth | P |
| Your master please and so forth | P |
| For which you have to eat | Q |
| All sorts of well cook'd meat | Q |
| Cold pullets pigeons savoury messes | R |
| Besides unnumber'd fond caresses ' | L |
| The wolf by force of appetite | D |
| Accepts the terms outright | D |
| Tears glistening in his eyes | S |
| But faring on he spies | S |
| A gall'd spot on the mastiff's neck | T |
| 'What's that ' he cries 'O nothing but a speck ' | L |
| 'A speck ' 'Ay ay 'tis not enough to pain me | G |
| Perhaps the collar's mark by which they chain me ' | L |
| 'Chain chain you What run you not then | O |
| Just where you please and when ' | L |
| 'Not always sir but what of that ' | L |
| 'Enough for me to spoil your fat | U |
| It ought to be a precious price | V |
| Which could to servile chains entice | V |
| For me I'll shun them while I've wit ' | L |
| So ran Sir Wolf and runneth yet | W |
Jean De La Fontaine
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