To A Young Ass, Its Mother Being Tethered Near It Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII JJKKL MMNNOOPPKKQQ| Poor little Foal of an oppressed race | A |
| I love the languid patience of thy face | A |
| And oft with gentle hand I give thee bread | B |
| And clap thy ragged coat and pat thy head | B |
| But what thy dulled spirits hath dismay'd | C |
| That never thou dost sport along the glade | C |
| And most unlike the nature of things young | D |
| That earthward still thy moveless head is hung | D |
| Do thy prophetic fears anticipate | E |
| Meek Child of Misery thy future fate | E |
| The starving meal and all the thousand aches | F |
| 'Which patient Merit of the Unworthy takes' | F |
| Or is thy sad heart thrill'd with filial pain | G |
| To see thy wretched mother's shorten d chain | G |
| And truly very piteous is her lot | H |
| Chain'd to a log within a narrow spot | H |
| Where the close eaten grass is scarcely seen | I |
| While sweet around her waves the tempting green | I |
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| Poor Ass they master should have learnt to show | J |
| Pity best taught by fellowship of Woe | J |
| For much I fear me that He lives like thee | K |
| Half famished in a land of Luxury | K |
| How askingly its footsteps hither bend | L |
| It seems to say 'And have I then one friend ' | - |
| Innocent foal thou poor despis'd forlorn | M |
| I hail thee Brother spite of the fool's scorn | M |
| And fain would take thee with me in the Dell | N |
| Of Peace and mild Equality to dwell | N |
| Where Toil shall call the charmer Health his bride | O |
| And Laughter tickle Plenty's ribless side | O |
| How thou wouldst toss thy heels in gamesome play | P |
| And frisk about as lamb or kitten gay | P |
| Yea and more musically sweet to me | K |
| Thy dissonant harsh bray of joy would be | K |
| Than warbled melodies that soothe to rest | Q |
| The aching of pale Fashion's vacant breast | Q |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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