Fable Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBDDEEFFGHHIJKJL| The mountain and the squirrel | A |
| Had a quarrel | A |
| And the former called the latter little prig | B |
| Bun replied | C |
| You are doubtless very big | B |
| But all sorts of things and weather | D |
| Must be taken in together | D |
| To make up a year | E |
| And a sphere | E |
| And I think it no disgrace | F |
| To occupy my place | F |
| If I'm not so large as you | G |
| You are not so small as I | H |
| And not half so spry | H |
| I'll not deny you make | I |
| A very pretty squirrel track | J |
| Talents differ all is well and wisely put | K |
| If I cannot carry forests on my back | J |
| Neither can you crack a nut | L |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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