The Cat And The Thrush Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBCBCDDBBEEFFGGHH HBBBIIJJBBKKBBBBBBBB LLMMBB NNNN| A thrush that sang one rustic ode | A |
| Once made a garden his abode | A |
| And gave the owner such delight | B |
| He grew a special favourite | B |
| Indeed his landlord did his best | B |
| To make him safe from every foe | C |
| The ground about his lowly nest | B |
| Was undisturb'd by spade or hoe | C |
| And yet his song was still the same | D |
| It even grew somewhat more tame | D |
| At length Grimalkin spied the pet | B |
| Resolved that he should suffer yet | B |
| And laid his plan of devastation | E |
| So as to save his reputation | E |
| For in the house from looks demure | F |
| He pass'd for honest kind and pure | F |
| Professing search of mice and moles | G |
| He through the garden daily strolls | G |
| And never seeks our thrush to catch | H |
| But when his consort comes to hatch | H |
| Just eats the young ones in a batch | H |
| The sadness of the pair bereaved | B |
| Their generous guardian sorely grieved | B |
| But yet it could not be believed | B |
| His faithful cat was in the wrong | I |
| Though so the thrush said in his song | I |
| The cat was therefore favour'd still | J |
| To walk the garden at his will | J |
| And hence the birds to shun the pest | B |
| Upon a pear tree built their nest | B |
| Though there it cost them vastly more | K |
| 'Twas vastly better than before | K |
| And Gaffer Thrush directly found | B |
| His throat when raised above the ground | B |
| Gave forth a softer sweeter sound | B |
| New tunes moreover he had caught | B |
| By perils and afflictions taught | B |
| And found new things to sing about | B |
| New scenes had brought new talents out | B |
| So while improved beyond a doubt | B |
| His own old song more clearly rang | L |
| Far better than themselves he sang | L |
| The chants and trills of other birds | M |
| He even mock'd Grimalkin's words | M |
| With such delightful humour that | B |
| He gain'd the Christian name of Cat | B |
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| Let Genius tell in verse and prose | N |
| How much to praise and friends it owes | N |
| Good sense may be as I suppose | N |
| As much indebted to its foes | N |
Jean De La Fontaine
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