Cat-pie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGFGFHIHI IJIJ| WHILE he is mark'd by vision clear | A |
| Who fathoms Nature's treasures | B |
| The man may follow void of fear | A |
| Who her proportions measures | B |
| Though for one mortal it is true | C |
| These trades may both be fitted | D |
| Yet that the things themselves are two | C |
| Must always be admitted | D |
| Once on a time there lived a cook | E |
| Whose skill was past disputing | F |
| Who in his head a fancy took | E |
| To try his luck at shooting | F |
| So gun in hand he sought a spot | G |
| Where stores of game were breeding | F |
| And there ere long a cat he shot | G |
| That on young birds was feeding | F |
| This cat he fancied was a hare | H |
| Forming a judgment hasty | I |
| So served it up for people's fare | H |
| Well spiced and in a pasty | I |
| Yet many a guest with wrath was fill'd | I |
| All who had noses tender | J |
| The cat that's by the sportsman kill'd | I |
| No cook a hare can render | J |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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