The Bear And The Amateur Gardener Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEFGGHIJJKKLJLJJM MNNOOPQRRSSTTUIVUWWX YYZZJJ A2B2B2XXC2C2C2D2D2E2 F2G2H2H2G2I2I2J2J2K2 K2 IHGY L2L2| A | |
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| A certain mountain bear unlick'd and rude | B |
| By fate confined within a lonely wood | C |
| A new Bellerophon whose life | D |
| Knew neither comrade friend nor wife | D |
| Became insane for reason as we term it | E |
| Dwells never long with any hermit | F |
| 'Tis good to mix in good society | G |
| Obeying rules of due propriety | G |
| And better yet to be alone | H |
| But both are ills when overdone | I |
| No animal had business where | J |
| All grimly dwelt our hermit bear | J |
| Hence bearish as he was he grew | K |
| Heart sick and long'd for something new | K |
| While he to sadness was addicted | L |
| An aged man not far from there | J |
| Was by the same disease afflicted | L |
| A garden was his favourite care | J |
| Sweet Flora's priesthood light and fair | J |
| And eke Pomona's ripe and red | M |
| The presents that her fingers shed | M |
| These two employments true are sweet | N |
| When made so by some friend discreet | N |
| The gardens gaily as they look | O |
| Talk not except in this my book | O |
| So tiring of the deaf and dumb | P |
| Our man one morning left his home | Q |
| Some company to seek | R |
| That had the power to speak | R |
| The bear with thoughts the same | S |
| Down from his mountain came | S |
| And in a solitary place | T |
| They met each other face to face | T |
| It would have made the boldest tremble | U |
| What did our man To play the Gascon | I |
| The safest seem'd He put the mask on | V |
| His fear contriving to dissemble | U |
| The bear unused to compliment | W |
| Growl'd bluntly but with good intent | W |
| 'Come home with me ' The man replied | X |
| 'Sir Bear my lodgings nearer by | Y |
| In yonder garden you may spy | Y |
| Where if you'll honour me the while | Z |
| We'll break our fast in rural style | Z |
| I've fruits and milk unworthy fare | J |
| It may be for a wealthy bear | J |
| But then I offer what I have ' | - |
| The bear accepts with visage grave | A2 |
| But not unpleased and on their way | B2 |
| They grow familiar friendly gay | B2 |
| Arrived you see them side by side | X |
| As if their friendship had been tried | X |
| To a companion so absurd | C2 |
| Blank solitude were well preferr'd | C2 |
| Yet as the bear scarce spoke a word | C2 |
| The man was left quite at his leisure | D2 |
| To trim his garden at his pleasure | D2 |
| Sir Bruin hunted always brought | E2 |
| His friend whatever game he caught | F2 |
| But chiefly aim'd at driving flies | G2 |
| Those hold and shameless parasites | H2 |
| That vex us with their ceaseless bites | H2 |
| From off our gardener's face and eyes | G2 |
| One day while stretch'd upon the ground | I2 |
| The old man lay in sleep profound | I2 |
| A fly that buzz'd around his nose | J2 |
| And bit it sometimes I suppose | J2 |
| Put Bruin sadly to his trumps | K2 |
| At last determined up he jumps | K2 |
| 'I'll stop thy noisy buzzing now ' | - |
| Says he 'I know precisely how ' | - |
| No sooner said than done | I |
| He seized a paving stone | H |
| And by his modus operandi | G |
| Did both the fly and man die | Y |
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| A foolish friend may cause more woe | L2 |
| Than could indeed the wisest foe | L2 |
Jean De La Fontaine
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