The Wolf, The Goat, And The Kid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEEF GHHIIJJGG IIKL KIILLIMMINO| A | |
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| As went the goat her pendent dugs to fill | B |
| And browse the herbage of a distant hill | B |
| She latch'd her door and bid | C |
| With matron care her kid | C |
| 'My daughter as you live | D |
| This portal don't undo | E |
| To any creature who | E |
| This watchword does not give | F |
| Deuce take the wolf and all his race ' | - |
| The wolf was passing near the place | G |
| By chance and heard the words with pleasure | H |
| And laid them up as useful treasure | H |
| And hardly need we mention | I |
| Escaped the goat's attention | I |
| No sooner did he see | J |
| The matron off than he | J |
| With hypocritic tone and face | G |
| Cried out before the place | G |
| 'Deuce take the wolf and all his race ' | - |
| Not doubting thus to gain admission | I |
| The kid not void of all suspicion | I |
| Peer'd through a crack and cried | K |
| 'Show me white paw before | L |
| You ask me to undo the door ' | - |
| The wolf could not if he had died | K |
| For wolves have no connexion | I |
| With paws of that complexion | I |
| So much surprised our gormandiser | L |
| Retired to fast till he was wiser | L |
| How would the kid have been undone | I |
| Had she but trusted to the word | M |
| The wolf by chance had overheard | M |
| Two sureties better are than one | I |
| And caution's worth its cost | N |
| Though sometimes seeming lost | O |
Jean De La Fontaine
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