The Earthen Pot And The Iron Pot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEFGGH IJIK LMNNOOPPQRRQ STT| A | |
| - | |
| An iron pot proposed | B |
| To an earthen pot a journey | C |
| The latter was opposed | B |
| Expressing the concern he | C |
| Had felt about the danger | D |
| Of going out a ranger | D |
| He thought the kitchen hearth | E |
| The safest place on earth | F |
| For one so very brittle | G |
| 'For thee who art a kettle | G |
| And hast a tougher skin | H |
| There's nought to keep thee in ' | - |
| 'I'll be thy body guard ' | - |
| Replied the iron pot | I |
| 'If anything that's hard | J |
| Should threaten thee a jot | I |
| Between you I will go | K |
| And save thee from the blow ' | - |
| This offer him persuaded | L |
| The iron pot paraded | M |
| Himself as guard and guide | N |
| Close at his cousin's side | N |
| Now in their tripod way | O |
| They hobble as they may | O |
| And eke together bolt | P |
| At every little jolt | P |
| Which gives the crockery pain | Q |
| But presently his comrade hits | R |
| So hard he dashes him to bits | R |
| Before he can complain | Q |
| - | |
| Take care that you associate | S |
| With equals only lest your fate | T |
| Between these pots should find its mate | T |
Jean De La Fontaine
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