The Setter And The Partridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFFGG HHBBGGII JJKLMM| The setting dog the stubble tried | A |
| And snuffed the breeze with nostrils wide | A |
| He set the sportsmen from behind | B |
| Conscious of game the net unwind | B |
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| A partridge which as warder stood | C |
| Warned and the covey sought the wood | C |
| But ere she followed from her cover | D |
| Thus she discharged her mind on Rover | D |
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| Thou fawning slave and sneaking cheat | E |
| Subservient unto man's deceit | E |
| Disgrace unto thy honest race | F |
| Unto the race of dogs disgrace | F |
| Who ere to men they bent the knee | G |
| Were noted for fidelity | G |
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| The dog retorted with a sneer | H |
| Since you are safe enjoy your jeer | H |
| Rustic alike in kind and mind | B |
| And ignorant of courts refined | B |
| Sagacious courtiers do like me | G |
| They rise to high supremacy | G |
| I copy them and I inherit | I |
| The high rewards for worth and merit | I |
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| I might have known the partridge said | J |
| The school where you were trained and bred | J |
| With a smooth brow for every crisis | K |
| Inherent to your master's vices | L |
| You came from courts return adieu | M |
| And to her covey off she flew | M |
John Gay
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