The City Rat And The Country Rat.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI EJJJ JKJK LMM| A city rat one night | A |
| Did with a civil stoop | B |
| A country rat invite | A |
| To end a turtle soup | B |
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| Upon a Turkey carpet | C |
| They found the table spread | D |
| And sure I need not harp it | E |
| How well the fellows fed | D |
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| The entertainment was | F |
| A truly noble one | G |
| But some unlucky cause | F |
| Disturb'd it when begun | G |
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| It was a slight rat tat | H |
| That put their joys to rout | I |
| Out ran the city rat | H |
| His guest too scamper'd out | I |
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| Our rats but fairly quit | E |
| The fearful knocking ceased | J |
| 'Return we ' cried the cit | J |
| To finish there our feast | J |
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| 'No ' said the rustic rat | J |
| 'To morrow dine with me | K |
| I'm not offended at | J |
| Your feast so grand and free | K |
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| 'For I've no fare resembling | L |
| But then I eat at leisure | M |
| And would not swap for pleasure | M |
| So mix'd with fear and trembling ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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