The Fox And Crane. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC B D ED E F GF G C HC H I CI C E FE F C BC B| Once two persons uninvited | A |
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| Came to join my dinner table | B |
| For the nonce they lived united | C |
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| Fox and crane yclept in fable | B |
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| Civil greetings pass'd between us | D |
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| Then I pluck'd some pigeons tender | E |
| For the fox of jackal genius | D |
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| Adding grapes in full grown splendour | E |
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| Long neck'd flasks I put as dishes | F |
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| For the crane without delaying | G |
| Fill'd with gold and silver fishes | F |
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| In the limpid water playing | G |
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| Had ye witness'd Reynard planted | C |
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| At his flat plate all demurely | H |
| Ye with envy must have granted | C |
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| Ne'er was such a gourmand surely | H |
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| While the bird with circumspection | I |
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| On one foot as usual cradled | C |
| From the flasks his fish refection | I |
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| With his bill and long neck ladled | C |
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| One the pigeons praised the other | E |
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| As they went extoll'd the fishes | F |
| Each one scoffing at his brother | E |
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| For preferring vulgar dishes | F |
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| If thou wouldst preserve thy credit | C |
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| When thou askest folks to guzzle | B |
| At thy hoard take care to spread it | C |
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| Suited both for bill and muzzle | B |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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