The Fox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGG HHIIJJHHAACCHH| The shepherd on his journey heard when nigh | A |
| His dog among the bushes barking high | A |
| The ploughman ran and gave a hearty shout | B |
| He found a weary fox and beat him out | B |
| The ploughman laughed and would have ploughed him in | C |
| But the old shepherd took him for the skin | C |
| He lay upon the furrow stretched for dead | D |
| The old dog lay and licked the wounds that bled | D |
| The ploughman beat him till his ribs would crack | E |
| And then the shepherd slung him at his back | E |
| And when he rested to his dog's surprise | F |
| The old fox started from his dead disguise | F |
| And while the dog lay panting in the sedge | G |
| He up and snapt and bolted through the hedge | G |
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| He scampered to the bushes far away | H |
| The shepherd called the ploughman to the fray | H |
| The ploughman wished he had a gun to shoot | I |
| The old dog barked and followed the pursuit | I |
| The shepherd threw his hook and tottered past | J |
| The ploughman ran but none could go so fast | J |
| The woodman threw his faggot from the way | H |
| And ceased to chop and wondered at the fray | H |
| But when he saw the dog and heard the cry | A |
| He threw his hatchet but the fox was bye | A |
| The shepherd broke his hook and lost the skin | C |
| He found a badger hole and bolted in | C |
| They tried to dig but safe from danger's way | H |
| He lived to chase the hounds another day | H |
John Clare
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