The Heron Who Was Hard To Please Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHAAII JJ| A long legged Heron with long neck and beak | A |
| Set out for a stroll by the bank of a creek | A |
| So clear was the water that if you looked sharp | B |
| You could see the pike caper around with the carp | B |
| The Heron might quickly have speared enough fish | C |
| To make for his dinner a capital dish | C |
| But he was a very particular bird | D |
| His food fixed just so at the hours he preferred | D |
| And hence he decided 'twas better to wait | E |
| Since his appetite grew when he supped rather late | E |
| Pretty soon he was hungry and stalked to the bank | F |
| Where some pondfish were leaping a fish of low rank | F |
| Bah Bah said the Bird Sup on these No not I | G |
| I'm known as a Heron as such I live high | G |
| Then some gudgeon swam past that were tempting to see | H |
| But the Heron said hautily No not for me | H |
| For those I'd not bother to open my beak | A |
| If I had to hang 'round come next Friday a week | A |
| Thus bragged the big Bird But he's bound to confess | I |
| That he opened his elegant beak for much less | I |
| Not another fish came When he found all else fail | J |
| He was happy to happen upon a fat snail | J |
Jean De La Fontaine
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