The Cricket Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFG HHIIHHJJ KKLLMMNN OOPPQQKK| Little inmate full of mirth | A |
| Chirping on my kitchen hearth | B |
| Whereso'er be thine abode | C |
| Always harbinger of good | D |
| Pay me for thy warm retreat | E |
| With a song more soft and sweet | E |
| In return thou shall receive | F |
| Such a strain as I can give | G |
| - | |
| Thus thy praise shall be express'd | H |
| Inoffensive welcome guest | H |
| While the rat is on the scout | I |
| And the mouse with curious snout | I |
| With what vermin else infest | H |
| Every dish and spoil the best | H |
| Frisking thus before the fire | J |
| Thou hast all thine heart's desire | J |
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| Though in voice and shape they be | K |
| Form'd as if akin to thee | K |
| Thou surpassest happier far | L |
| Happiest grasshoppers that are | L |
| Theirs is but a summer's song | M |
| Thine endures the winter long | M |
| Unimpaired and shrill and clear | N |
| Melody throughout the year | N |
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| Neither night nor dawn of day | O |
| Puts a period to thy play | O |
| Sing then and extend thy span | P |
| Far beyond the date of man | P |
| Wretched man whose years are spent | Q |
| In repining discontent | Q |
| Lives not aged though he be | K |
| Half a span compared with thee | K |
William Cowper
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