The Grasshopper And The Ant. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDEFE DGDGDG DHDHIH| The Grasshopper singing | A |
| All summer long | B |
| Now found winter stinging | A |
| And ceased in his song | B |
| Not a morsel or crumb in his cupboard | C |
| So he shivered and ceased in his song | B |
| - | |
| Miss Ant was his neighbor | D |
| To her he went | E |
| O you're rich from labor | D |
| And I've not a cent | E |
| Lend me food and I vow I'll return it | F |
| Though at present I have not a cent | E |
| - | |
| The Ant's not a lender | D |
| I must confess | G |
| Her heart's far from tender | D |
| To one in distress | G |
| So she said Pray how passed you the summer | D |
| That in winter you come to distress | G |
| - | |
| I sang through the summer | D |
| Grasshopper said | H |
| But now I am glummer | D |
| Because I've no bread | H |
| So you sang sneered the Ant That relieves me | I |
| Now it's winter go dance for your bread | H |
Jean De La Fontaine
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