...to create a mock-heroic style? "He saw this fox that lay there, crouching low.
Nothing of urge was in him, then, to crow;"
"And saw the fox into the grove just gone,
Bearing upon his back the cock away."
"This simple widow and her daughters two
Heard these hens cry and make so great ado,"
"O destiny, you cannot be eschewed!
Alas, that Chanticleer flew from the beams!
Alas, his wife recked nothing of his dreams!"
Nothing of urge was in him, then, to crow;"
"And saw the fox into the grove just gone,
Bearing upon his back the cock away."
"This simple widow and her daughters two
Heard these hens cry and make so great ado,"
"O destiny, you cannot be eschewed!
Alas, that Chanticleer flew from the beams!
Alas, his wife recked nothing of his dreams!"