Man And Flea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDAAEEEEFF GGHHIIJKAA KKAAEEKKLME NN| Nothing methinks is to be seen | A |
| On earth that does not overween | A |
| Doth not the hawk from high survey | B |
| The fowls as destined for his prey | B |
| And do not C sars and such things | C |
| Deem men were born to slave for kings | C |
| The crab amidst the golden sands | D |
| Of Tagus or on pearl strewn strands | D |
| Or in the coral grove marine | A |
| Thinks hers each gem of ray serene | A |
| The snail 'midst bordering pinks and roses | E |
| Where zephyrs fly and love reposes | E |
| Where Laura's cheek vies with the peaches | E |
| When Corydon one glance beseeches | E |
| The snail regards both fruit and flower | F |
| And thanks God for the granted bower | F |
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| And man who standing on some bluff | G |
| Regards the world with soul as tough | G |
| The sun the moon the starry sphere | H |
| The harvests of the circling year | H |
| The mighty ocean meadows trim | I |
| And deems they all are made for him | I |
| How infinite he says am I | J |
| How wondrous in capacity | K |
| Over creation to hold reign | A |
| The lord of pleasure and of pain | A |
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| Hold hard my hearty said a flea | K |
| Perched on his neck beneath his lee | K |
| I do not brag that all creation | A |
| Is subject to the Flea ite nation | A |
| I know that parasitic races | E |
| The Ticks and Lucies have their places | E |
| But the imperial race of Flea | K |
| Is all surpassing look at me | K |
| My concentrated vigour grant | L |
| Then look at yon huge elephant | M |
| Look at my leap at my proboscis | E |
| Then go and learn 'UT TU TE NOSCIS ' | - |
| That man was made with skin to bleed | N |
| That families of fleas may feed | N |
John Gay
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