The Acorn And The Pumpkin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE EEGHHG AAIJJI| Once there was a country bumpkin | A |
| Who observed a great big pumpkin | A |
| To a slender stem attached | B |
| While upon an oak tree nourished | C |
| Little acorns grew and flourished | C |
| Bah said he That's badly matched | B |
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| If despite my humble station | D |
| I'd a hand in this Creation | D |
| Pumpkins on the oaks would be | E |
| And the acorn light and little | F |
| On this pumpkin stem so brittle | F |
| Would be placed by clever Me | E |
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| Then fatigued with so much thought he | E |
| Rest beneath the oak tree sought He | E |
| Soon in slumber found repose | G |
| But alas An acorn falling | H |
| On the spot where he lay sprawling | H |
| Hit him plump Upon the nose | G |
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| Up he jumped a wiser bumpkin | A |
| Gosh he said Suppose a pumpkin | A |
| Came a fallin' on my face | I |
| After all if I had made things | J |
| I'll allow that I'm afraid things | J |
| Might be some what out of place | I |
Jean De La Fontaine
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