When The Fox Dies, His Skin Counts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC B D EF G H IJ I J KL K M NO N P QC Q| WE young people in the shade | A |
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| Sat one sultry day | B |
| Cupid came and Dies the Fox | C |
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| With us sought to play | B |
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| Each one of my friends then sat | D |
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| By his mistress dear | E |
| Cupid blowing out the torch | F |
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| Said The taper's here | G |
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| Then we quickly sent around | H |
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| The expiring brand | I |
| Each one put it hastily | J |
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| ln his neighbour's hand | I |
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| Dorilis then gave it me | J |
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| With a scoffing jest | K |
| Sudden into flame it broke | L |
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| By my fingers press'd | K |
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| And it singed my eyes and face | M |
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| Set my breast on fire | N |
| Then above my head the blaze | O |
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| Mounted ever higher | N |
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| Vain I sought to put it out | P |
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| Ever burned the flame | Q |
| Stead of dying soon the Fox | C |
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| Livelier still became | Q |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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