The Spaniel And Chameleon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFF GGHHII JJAAKKLLMMFFNNEEOP| A spaniel mightily well bred | A |
| Ne'er taught to labour for his bread | A |
| But to play tricks and bear him smart | B |
| To please his lady's eyes and heart | B |
| Who never had the whip for mischief | C |
| But praises from the damsel his chief | D |
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| The wind was soft the morning fair | E |
| They issued forth to take the air | E |
| He ranged the meadows where a green | F |
| Cameleon green as grass was seen | F |
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| Halloa you chap who change your coat | G |
| What do you rowing in this boat | G |
| Why have you left the town I say | H |
| You're wrong to stroll about this way | H |
| Preferment which your talent crowns | I |
| Believe me friend is found in towns | I |
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| Friend said the sycophant 'tis true | J |
| One time I lived in town like you | J |
| I was a courtier born and bred | A |
| And kings have bent to me the head | A |
| I knew each lord and lady's passion | K |
| And fostered every vice in fashion | K |
| But Jove was wrath loves not the liar | L |
| He sent me here to cool my fire | L |
| Retained my nature but he shaped | M |
| My form to suit the thing I aped | M |
| And sent me in this shape obscene | F |
| To batten in a sylvan scene | F |
| How different is your lot and mine | N |
| Lo how you eat and drink and dine | N |
| Whilst I condemned to thinnest fare | E |
| Like those I flattered feed on air | E |
| Jove punishes what man rewards | O |
| Pray you accept my best regards | P |
John Gay
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