The Swan And The Cook Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEFFFFGGHIIIIIJG I KK| A | |
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| The pleasures of a poultry yard | B |
| Were by a swan and gosling shared | C |
| The swan was kept there for his looks | D |
| The thrifty gosling for the cooks | D |
| The first the garden's pride the latter | E |
| A greater favourite on the platter | E |
| They swam the ditches side by side | F |
| And oft in sports aquatic vied | F |
| Plunging splashing far and wide | F |
| With rivalry ne'er satisfied | F |
| One day the cook named Thirsty John | G |
| Sent for the gosling took the swan | G |
| In haste his throat to cut | H |
| And put him in the pot | I |
| The bird's complaint resounded | I |
| In glorious melody | I |
| Whereat the cook astounded | I |
| His sad mistake to see | I |
| Cried 'What make soup of a musician | J |
| Please God I'll never set such dish on | G |
| No no I'll never cut a throat | I |
| That sings so sweet a note ' | - |
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| 'Tis thus whatever peril may alarm us | K |
| Sweet words will never harm us | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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