Council Of Horses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEEFFGHIIJJKKLL MM DDNNOOPPQQRSTTUUGGVV WW| A steed with mutiny inspired | A |
| The stud which grazed the mead and fired | A |
| A colt whose eyes then blazing fire | B |
| Stood forth and thus expressed his ire | C |
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| How abject is the equine race | D |
| Condemned to slavery's disgrace | D |
| Consider friends the deep reproach | E |
| Harnessed to drag the gilded coach | E |
| To drag the plough to trot the road | F |
| To groan beneath the pack horse load | F |
| Whom do we serve a two legged man | G |
| Of feeble frame of visage wan | H |
| What must our noble jaws submit | I |
| To champ and foam their galling bit | I |
| He back and spur me Let him first | J |
| Control the lion tiger's thirst | J |
| I here avow that I disdain | K |
| His might that I reject his reign | K |
| He freedom claims and why not we | L |
| The nag that wills it must be free | L |
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| He paused the intervening pause | M |
| Was followed by some horse applause | M |
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| An ancient Nestor of the race | D |
| Advanced with sober solemn pace | D |
| With age and long experience wise | N |
| He cast around his thoughtful eyes | N |
| He said I was with strength endued | O |
| And knew the tasks of servitude | O |
| Now I am old and now these plains | P |
| And grateful man repay my pains | P |
| I ofttimes marvelled to think how | Q |
| He knew the times to reap and plough | Q |
| And to his horses gave a share | R |
| Of the fair produce of the year | S |
| He built the stable stored the hay | T |
| And winnowed oats from day to day | T |
| Since every creature is decreed | U |
| To aid his brother in his need | U |
| We served each other horse and man | G |
| And carried out the Eternal plan | G |
| And each performed his part assigned | V |
| Then calm your discontented mind | V |
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| The Nestor spoke the colt submitted | W |
| And like his ancestry was bitted | W |
John Gay
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