The Cock And The Pearl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDD EECFF| A | |
| - | |
| A cock scratch'd up one day | B |
| A pearl of purest ray | B |
| Which to a jeweller he bore | C |
| 'I think it fine ' he said | D |
| 'But yet a crumb of bread | D |
| To me were worth a great deal more ' | - |
| - | |
| So did a dunce inherit | E |
| A manuscript of merit | E |
| Which to a publisher he bore | C |
| ''Tis good ' said he 'I'm told | F |
| Yet any coin of gold | F |
| To me were worth a great deal more ' | - |
Jean De La Fontaine
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