The Rook And The Sparrows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEAAFFGGHHIIJJ KLMMNNOOPP| A little boy with crumbs of bread | A |
| Many a hungry sparrow fed | A |
| It was a child of little sense | B |
| Who this kind bounty did dispense | B |
| For suddenly it was withdrawn | C |
| And all the birds were left forlorn | D |
| In a hard time of frost and snow | E |
| Not knowing where for food to go | E |
| He would no longer give them bread | A |
| Because he had observed he said | A |
| That sometimes to the window came | F |
| A great black bird a rook by name | F |
| And took away a small bird's share | G |
| So foolish Henry did not care | G |
| What became of the great rook | H |
| That from the little sparrows took | H |
| Now and then as 'twere by stealth | I |
| A part of their abundant wealth | I |
| Nor ever more would feed his sparrows | J |
| Thus ignorance a kind heart narrows | J |
| I wish I had been there I would | K |
| Have told the child rooks live by food | L |
| In the same way that sparrows do | M |
| I also would have told him too | M |
| Birds act by instinct and ne'er can | N |
| Attain the rectitude of man | N |
| Nay that even when distress | O |
| Does on poor human nature press | O |
| We need not be too strict in seeing | P |
| The failings of a fellow being | P |
Charles Lamb
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Rook And The Sparrows
The Rook And The Sparrows is a poem by Charles Lamb. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Rook And The Sparrows poem by Charles Lamb
Best Poems of Charles Lamb