The Acorn And The Pumpkin (prose Fable) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E| What God does is done well Without going round the world to seek a proof of that I can find one in the pumpkin | A |
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| A villager was once struck with the largeness of a pumpkin and the thinness of the stem upon which it grew What could the Almighty have been thinking about he cried He has certainly chosen a bad place for a pumpkin to grow Eh zounds Now I would have hung it on one of these oaks That would have been just as it should be Like fruit like tree What a pity Hodge said he addressing himself that you were not on the spot to give advice at the Creation which the parson preaches about Everything would have been properly done then For instance wouldn't this acorn no bigger than my little finger be better hanging on this frail stem The Almighty has blundered there surely The more I think about these fruits and their situations the more it seems to me that it is all a mistake | B |
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| Becoming worried by so much reflection our Hodge cast himself under an oak saying A man can't sleep when he has so much brain Then he at once dropped off into a nap | C |
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| Presently an acorn fell plump upon his nose Starting from sleep he put his hand up to see what had happened and found the acorn caught in his beard whilst his nose began to pain and bleed Oh oh he cried I am bleeding How would it have been if a heavier mass than this had fallen from the tree if this acorn had been a pumpkin The Almighty did not intend that I see Doubtless he was right I understand the reason why perfectly now | D |
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| So praising God for all things Hodge took his way home | E |
Jean De La Fontaine
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