The Grasshopper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFAAGGHHIIAA JKLMNNHOPPHHQR| Happy insect what can be | A |
| In happiness compared to thee | A |
| Fed with nourishment divine | B |
| The dewy morning's gentle wine | B |
| Nature waits upon thee still | C |
| And thy verdant cup does fill | C |
| 'Tis filled wherever thou dost tread | D |
| Nature's self's thy Ganymede | E |
| Thou dost drink and dance and sing | F |
| Happier than the happiest king | F |
| All the fields which thou dost see | A |
| All the plants belong to thee | A |
| All the summer hours produce | G |
| Fertile made with early juice | G |
| Man for thee does sow and plow | H |
| Farmer he and landlord thou | H |
| Thou dost innocently enjoy | I |
| Nor does thy luxury destroy | I |
| The shepherd gladly heareth thee | A |
| More harmonious than he | A |
| Thee country hinds with gladness hear | J |
| Prophet of the ripened year | K |
| Thee Phoebus loves and does inspire | L |
| Phoebus is himself thy sire | M |
| To thee of all things upon earth | N |
| Life is no longer than thy mirth | N |
| Happy insect happy thou | H |
| Dost neither age nor winter know | O |
| But when thou'st drunk and danced and sung | P |
| Thy fill the flowery leaves among | P |
| Voluptuous and wise withal | H |
| Epicurean animal | H |
| Sated with thy summer feast | Q |
| Thou retir'st to endless rest | R |
Abraham Cowley
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