The Cat, The Weasel, And The Young Rabbit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFCCCG GHIH JJKKLMLM CNONPQQRCR STSTUVUVC UNNUN UU| A | |
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| John Rabbit's palace under ground | B |
| Was once by Goody Weasel found | B |
| She sly of heart resolved to seize | C |
| The place and did so at her ease | C |
| She took possession while its lord | D |
| Was absent on the dewy sward | D |
| Intent upon his usual sport | E |
| A courtier at Aurora's court | E |
| When he had browsed his fill of clover | F |
| And cut his pranks all nicely over | F |
| Home Johnny came to take his drowse | C |
| All snug within his cellar house | C |
| The weasel's nose he came to see | C |
| Outsticking through the open door | G |
| 'Ye gods of hospitality ' | - |
| Exclaim'd the creature vex d sore | G |
| 'Must I give up my father's lodge | H |
| Ho Madam Weasel please to budge | I |
| Or quicker than a weasel's dodge | H |
| I'll call the rats to pay their grudge ' | - |
| The sharp nosed lady made reply | J |
| That she was first to occupy | J |
| The cause of war was surely small | K |
| A house where one could only crawl | K |
| And though it were a vast domain | L |
| Said she 'I'd like to know what will | M |
| Could grant to John perpetual reign | L |
| The son of Peter or of Bill | M |
| More than to Paul or even me ' | - |
| John Rabbit spoke great lawyer he | C |
| Of custom usage as the law | N |
| Whereby the house from sire to son | O |
| As well as all its store of straw | N |
| From Peter came at length to John | P |
| Who could present a claim so good | Q |
| As he the first possessor could | Q |
| 'Now ' said the dame 'let's drop dispute | R |
| And go before Raminagrobis | C |
| Who'll judge not only in this suit | R |
| But tell us truly whose the globe is ' | - |
| This person was a hermit cat | S |
| A cat that play'd the hypocrite | T |
| A saintly mouser sleek and fat | S |
| An arbiter of keenest wit | T |
| John Rabbit in the judge concurr'd | U |
| And off went both their case to broach | V |
| Before his majesty the furr'd | U |
| Said Clapperclaw 'My kits approach | V |
| And put your noses to my ears | C |
| I'm deaf almost by weight of years ' | - |
| And so they did not fearing aught | U |
| The good apostle Clapperclaw | N |
| Then laid on each a well arm'd paw | N |
| And both to an agreement brought | U |
| By virtue of his tusk d jaw | N |
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| This brings to mind the fate | U |
| Of little kings before the great | U |
Jean De La Fontaine
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