This is an analysis of The Glutton by Jean De La Fontaine.
A STURGEON, once, a glutton famed was led
To have for supper--all, except the head.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaaadd
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 0101010111 0111010101 0101110101 1101010101 1000100010111 11000100101 01010001010 11010101010 1101010101 1111110001 0100110001 0101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 12