Jupiter And The Farmer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFFGGHHIFFIFF JKKJLLMMFFNNININOO| A | |
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| Of yore a farm had Jupiter to rent | B |
| To advertise it Mercury was sent | B |
| The farmers far and near | C |
| Flock'd round the terms to hear | D |
| And calling to their aid | E |
| The various tricks of trade | E |
| One said 'twas rash a farm to hire | F |
| Which would so much expense require | F |
| Another that do what you would | G |
| The farm would still be far from good | G |
| While thus in market style its faults were told | H |
| One of the crowd less wise than bold | H |
| Would give so much on this condition | I |
| That Jove would yield him altogether | F |
| The choice and making of his weather | F |
| That instantly on his decision | I |
| His various crops should feel the power | F |
| Of heat or cold of sun or shower | F |
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| Jove yields The bargain closed our man | J |
| Rains blows and takes the care | K |
| Of all the changes of the air | K |
| On his peculiar private plan | J |
| His nearest neighbours felt it not | L |
| And all the better was their lot | L |
| Their year was good by grace divine | M |
| The grain was rich and full the vine | M |
| The renter failing altogether | F |
| The next year made quite different weather | F |
| And yet the fruit of all his labours | N |
| Was far inferior to his neighbours' | N |
| What better could he do To Heaven | I |
| He owns at last his want of sense | N |
| And so is graciously forgiven | I |
| Hence we conclude that Providence | N |
| Knows better what we need | O |
| Than we ourselves indeed | O |
Jean De La Fontaine
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