The Wolf And The Lean Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEDEFFGHIIJKLLMM NNONNO NPQQPRSR RRTU UMV| A | |
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| A troutling some time since | B |
| Endeavour'd vainly to convince | B |
| A hungry fisherman | C |
| Of his unfitness for the frying pan | C |
| That controversy made it plain | D |
| That letting go a good secure | E |
| In hope of future gain | D |
| Is but imprudence pure | E |
| The fisherman had reason good | F |
| The troutling did the best he could | F |
| Both argued for their lives | G |
| Now if my present purpose thrives | H |
| I'll prop my former proposition | I |
| By building on a small addition | I |
| A certain wolf in point of wit | J |
| The prudent fisher's opposite | K |
| A dog once finding far astray | L |
| Prepared to take him as his prey | L |
| The dog his leanness pled | M |
| 'Your lordship sure ' he said | M |
| 'Cannot be very eager | N |
| To eat a dog so meagre | N |
| To wait a little do not grudge | O |
| The wedding of my master's only daughter | N |
| Will cause of fatted calves and fowls a slaughter | N |
| And then as you yourself can judge | O |
| I cannot help becoming fatter ' | - |
| The wolf believing waived the matter | N |
| And so some days therefrom | P |
| Return'd with sole design to see | Q |
| If fat enough his dog might be | Q |
| The rogue was now at home | P |
| He saw the hunter through the fence | R |
| 'My friend ' said he 'please wait | S |
| I'll be with you a moment hence | R |
| And fetch our porter of the gate ' | - |
| This porter was a dog immense | R |
| That left to wolves no future tense | R |
| Suspicion gave our wolf a jog | T |
| It might not be so safely tamper'd | U |
| 'My service to your porter dog ' | - |
| Was his reply as off he scamper'd | U |
| His legs proved better than his head | M |
| And saved him life to learn his trade | V |
Jean De La Fontaine
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