Golden Egg Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD AAEF CCGG AAHH CCIJ KKLL| In ancient times we have been told | A |
| A goose did lay an egg of gold | A |
| She did produce one every day | B |
| So regular this goose did lay | B |
| - | |
| But her stupid foolish master | C |
| Wanted her to lay them faster | C |
| And he at last the goose did kill | D |
| Gold grist no more came to his mill | D |
| - | |
| But a strange tale we now unfold | A |
| In California's mines of gold | A |
| There they keep both hens and chickens | E |
| 'Mong the gravel scratching pickings | F |
| - | |
| But hens do find the golden shiner | C |
| Is too heavy for their dinner | C |
| For it they cannot well digest | G |
| As it lies solid in their breast | G |
| - | |
| Then they are slain and you behold | A |
| In their craw the shining gold | A |
| Made up of particles so fine | H |
| The purest gold in all the mine | H |
| - | |
| Then how happy is the miner | C |
| When he has sweet fowl for dinner | C |
| And he doth find within its craw | I |
| A little golden bonanza | J |
| - | |
| And in Ontario the hen | K |
| Is worthy of the poet's pen | K |
| For she doth well deserve the praise | L |
| Bestowed on her for her fine lays | L |
James Mcintyre
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Golden Egg poem by James Mcintyre
Best Poems of James Mcintyre