The Cockerel, The Cat, And The Young Mouse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDCDEEEFGHHIIJ KLLKMNOPOPQQRRSSDDDD DDTT UVVIIVIIVW XY| A | |
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| A youthful mouse not up to trap | B |
| Had almost met a sad mishap | B |
| The story hear him thus relate | C |
| With great importance to his mother | D |
| 'I pass'd the mountain bounds of this estate | C |
| And off was trotting on another | D |
| Like some young rat with nought to do | E |
| But see things wonderful and new | E |
| When two strange creatures came in view | E |
| The one was mild benign and gracious | F |
| The other turbulent rapacious | G |
| With voice terrific shrill and rough | H |
| And on his head a bit of stuff | H |
| That look'd like raw and bloody meat | I |
| Raised up a sort of arms and beat | I |
| The air as if he meant to fly | J |
| And bore his plumy tail on high ' | - |
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| A cock that just began to crow | K |
| As if some nondescript | L |
| From far New Holland shipp'd | L |
| Was what our mousling pictured so | K |
| 'He beat his arms ' said he 'and raised his voice | M |
| And made so terrible a noise | N |
| That I who thanks to Heaven may justly boast | O |
| Myself as bold as any mouse | P |
| Scud off his voice would even scare a ghost | O |
| And cursed himself and all his house | P |
| For but for him I should have staid | Q |
| And doubtless an acquaintance made | Q |
| With her who seem'd so mild and good | R |
| Like us in velvet cloak and hood | R |
| She wears a tail that's full of grace | S |
| A very sweet and humble face | S |
| No mouse more kindness could desire | D |
| And yet her eye is full of fire | D |
| I do believe the lovely creature | D |
| A friend of rats and mice by nature | D |
| Her ears though like herself they're bigger | D |
| Are just like ours in form and figure | D |
| To her I was approaching when | T |
| Aloft on what appear'd his den | T |
| The other scream'd and off I fled ' | - |
| 'My son ' his cautious mother said | U |
| 'That sweet one was the cat | V |
| The mortal foe of mouse and rat | V |
| Who seeks by smooth deceit | I |
| Her appetite to treat | I |
| So far the other is from that | V |
| We yet may eat | I |
| His dainty meat | I |
| Whereas the cruel cat | V |
| Whene'er she can devours | W |
| No other meat than ours ' | - |
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| Remember while you live | X |
| It is by looks that men deceive | Y |
Jean De La Fontaine
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