The Dove And The Ant. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGHHGIJJIKK| A dove came to a brook to drink | A |
| When leaning o'er its crumbling brink | A |
| An ant fell in and vainly tried | B |
| In this to her an ocean tide | B |
| To reach the land whereat the dove | C |
| With every living thing in love | C |
| Was prompt a spire of grass to throw her | D |
| By which the ant regain'd the shore | E |
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| A barefoot scamp both mean and sly | F |
| Soon after chanced this dove to spy | F |
| And being arm'd with bow and arrow | G |
| The hungry codger doubted not | H |
| The bird of Venus in his pot | H |
| Would make a soup before the morrow | G |
| Just as his deadly bow he drew | I |
| Our ant just bit his heel | J |
| Roused by the villain's squeal | J |
| The dove took timely hint and flew | I |
| Far from the rascal's coop | K |
| And with her flew his soup | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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