The Wolf Turned Shepherd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEEF GGHHIIJKKLLMNMNNOOO OOKK| A | |
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| A wolf whose gettings from the flocks | B |
| Began to be but few | C |
| Bethought himself to play the fox | B |
| In character quite new | C |
| A shepherd's hat and coat he took | D |
| A cudgel for a crook | D |
| Nor e'en the pipe forgot | E |
| And more to seem what he was not | E |
| Himself upon his hat he wrote | F |
| 'I'm Willie shepherd of these sheep ' | - |
| His person thus complete | G |
| His crook in upraised feet | G |
| The impostor Willie stole upon the keep | H |
| The real Willie on the grass asleep | H |
| Slept there indeed profoundly | I |
| His dog and pipe slept also soundly | I |
| His drowsy sheep around lay | J |
| As for the greatest number | K |
| Much bless'd the hypocrite their slumber | K |
| And hoped to drive away the flock | L |
| Could he the shepherd's voice but mock | L |
| He thought undoubtedly he could | M |
| He tried the tone in which he spoke | N |
| Loud echoing from the wood | M |
| The plot and slumber broke | N |
| Sheep dog and man awoke | N |
| The wolf in sorry plight | O |
| In hampering coat bedight | O |
| Could neither run nor fight | O |
| - | |
| There's always leakage of deceit | O |
| Which makes it never safe to cheat | O |
| Whoever is a wolf had better | K |
| Keep clear of hypocritic fetter | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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