The Hog, The Goat, And The Sheep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEEFGHHDDIIJJKK L JDDMMNOPCCP QQ QQQQ| A | |
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| A goat a sheep and porker fat | B |
| All to the market rode together | C |
| Their own amusement was not that | B |
| Which caused their journey thither | C |
| Their coachman did not mean to 'set them down' | D |
| To see the shows and wonders of the town | D |
| The porker cried in piercing squeals | E |
| As if with butchers at his heels | E |
| The other beasts of milder mood | F |
| The cause by no means understood | G |
| They saw no harm and wonder'd why | H |
| At such a rate the hog should cry | H |
| 'Hush there old piggy ' said the man | D |
| 'And keep as quiet as you can | D |
| What wrong have you to squeal about | I |
| And raise this dev'lish deaf'ning shout | I |
| These stiller persons at your side | J |
| Have manners much more dignified | J |
| Pray have you heard | K |
| A single word | K |
| Come from that gentleman in wool | L |
| That proves him wise ' 'That proves him fool ' | - |
| The testy hog replied | J |
| 'For did he know | D |
| To what we go | D |
| He'd cry almost to split his throat | M |
| So would her ladyship the goat | M |
| They only think to lose with ease | N |
| The goat her milk the sheep his fleece | O |
| They're maybe right but as for me | P |
| This ride is quite another matter | C |
| Of service only on the platter | C |
| My death is quite a certainty | P |
| Adieu my dear old piggery ' | - |
| The porker's logic proved at once | Q |
| Himself a prophet and a dunce | Q |
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| Hope ever gives a present ease | Q |
| But fear beforehand kills | Q |
| The wisest he who least foresees | Q |
| Inevitable ills | Q |
Jean De La Fontaine
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