Verses On A Cat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDC ABBEFFE ADDGHHG ICCIJKI CLLMKJM| I | A |
| A cat in distress | B |
| Nothing more nor less | B |
| Good folks I must faithfully tell ye | C |
| As I am a sinner | D |
| It waits for some dinner | D |
| To stuff out its own little belly | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| You would not easily guess | B |
| All the modes of distress | B |
| Which torture the tenants of earth | E |
| And the various evils | F |
| Which like so many devils | F |
| Attend the poor souls from their birth | E |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Some a living require | D |
| And others desire | D |
| An old fellow out of the way | G |
| And which is the best | H |
| I leave to be guessed | H |
| For I cannot pretend to say | G |
| - | |
| IV | I |
| One wants society | C |
| Another variety | C |
| Others a tranquil life | I |
| Some want food | J |
| Others as good | K |
| Only want a wife | I |
| - | |
| V | C |
| But this poor little cat | L |
| Only wanted a rat | L |
| To stuff out its own little maw | M |
| And it were as good | K |
| SOME people had such food | J |
| To make them HOLD THEIR JAW | M |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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