The Dairywoman And The Pot Of Milk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEEDEEEFFEEEEGHE EEIJJIKKLEELHMMNEEEE OO JJPPEEQQRREEESS| A pot of milk upon her cushion'd crown | A |
| Good Peggy hasten'd to the market town | A |
| Short clad and light with speed she went | B |
| Not fearing any accident | C |
| Indeed to be the nimbler tripper | D |
| Her dress that day | E |
| The truth to say | E |
| Was simple petticoat and slipper | D |
| And thus bedight | E |
| Good Peggy light | E |
| Her gains already counted | E |
| Laid out the cash | F |
| At single dash | F |
| Which to a hundred eggs amounted | E |
| Three nests she made | E |
| Which by the aid | E |
| Of diligence and care were hatch'd | E |
| 'To raise the chicks | G |
| I'll easy fix ' | H |
| Said she 'beside our cottage thatch'd | E |
| The fox must get | E |
| More cunning yet | E |
| Or leave enough to buy a pig | I |
| With little care | J |
| And any fare | J |
| He'll grow quite fat and big | I |
| And then the price | K |
| Will be so nice | K |
| For which the pork will sell | L |
| 'Twill go quite hard | E |
| But in our yard | E |
| I'll bring a cow and calf to dwell | L |
| A calf to frisk among the flock ' | H |
| The thought made Peggy do the same | M |
| And down at once the milk pot came | M |
| And perish'd with the shock | N |
| Calf cow and pig and chicks adieu | E |
| Your mistress' face is sad to view | E |
| She gives a tear to fortune spilt | E |
| Then with the downcast look of guilt | E |
| Home to her husband empty goes | O |
| Somewhat in danger of his blows | O |
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| Who buildeth not sometimes in air | J |
| His cots or seats or castles fair | J |
| From kings to dairy women all | P |
| The wise the foolish great and small | P |
| Each thinks his waking dream the best | E |
| Some flattering error fills the breast | E |
| The world with all its wealth is ours | Q |
| Its honours dames and loveliest bowers | Q |
| Instinct with valour when alone | R |
| I hurl the monarch from his throne | R |
| The people glad to see him dead | E |
| Elect me monarch in his stead | E |
| And diadems rain on my head | E |
| Some accident then calls me back | S |
| And I'm no more than simple Jack | S |
Jean De La Fontaine
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