Gratitude Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGHI found a starving cat in the street | A |
It cried for food and a place by the fire | B |
I carried it home and I strove to meet | A |
The claims of its desire | B |
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And since its desire was a little fish | C |
A little hay and a little milk | D |
I gave it cream in a silver dish | C |
And a basket lined with silk | D |
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And when we came to the grateful pause | E |
When it should have fawned on the hand that fed | F |
It turned to a devil all teeth and claws | E |
Scratched me and bit me and fled | F |
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To pay for the fish and the milk and the hay | G |
With a purr had been an easy task | H |
But its hate and my blood were required to pay | G |
For the gifts that it did not ask | H |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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