The Confiding Peasant And The Maladroit Bear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGIJJ KLKLBB MNMNOO PQPQRR SFSFBB TT| A peasant had a docile bear | A |
| A bear of manners pleasant | B |
| And all the love she had to spare | A |
| She lavished on the peasant | B |
| She proved her deep affection plainly | C |
| The method was a bit ungainly | C |
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| The peasant had to dig and delve | D |
| And as his class are apt to | E |
| When all the whistles blew at twelve | D |
| He ate his lunch and napped too | E |
| The bear a careful outlook keeping | F |
| The while her master lay a sleeping | F |
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| As thus the peasant slept one day | G |
| The weather being torrid | H |
| A gnat beheld him where he lay | G |
| And lit upon his forehead | I |
| And thence like all such winged creatures | J |
| Proceeded over all his features | J |
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| The watchful bear perceiving that | K |
| The gnat lit on her master | L |
| Resolved to light upon the gnat | K |
| And plunge him in disaster | L |
| She saw no sense in being lenient | B |
| When stones lay round her most convenient | B |
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| And so a weighty rock she aimed | M |
| With much enthusiasm | N |
| Oh lor' the startled gnat exclaimed | M |
| And promptly had a spasm | N |
| A natural proceeding this was | O |
| Considering how close the miss was | O |
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| Now by his dumb companion's pluck | P |
| Which caused the gnat to squall so | Q |
| The sleeping man was greatly struck | P |
| And by the bowlder also | Q |
| In fact his friends who idolized him | R |
| Remarked they hardly recognized him | R |
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| Of course the bear was greatly grieved | S |
| But being just a dumb thing | F |
| She only thought I was deceived | S |
| But still I did hit something | F |
| Which showed this masculine achievement | B |
| Had somewhat soothed her deep bereavement | B |
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| THE MORAL If you prize your bones | T |
| Beware of females throwing stones | T |
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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