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''The Frog and the Nightingale'' is a poem composed by Indian poet Vikram Seth in 1994.This poem is an allegory(a poem in which a moral is conveyed) The poem tells a story about a frog and a nightingale. The poem was originally published by Evergreen Publications, but it was later used by the Ministry of Education, India as a poem for school students.〔Indispensable The Golden pyre by Ms. Usha Nagpal, National Publishing House, p-229〕 ==Poem== The poem is written in 10-line stanza form with each couplet rhymed: ''Once upon a time a frog'' ''Croaked away in Bingle Bog'' ''Every night from dusk to dawn'' ''He croaked awn and awn and awn'' ''Other creatures loathed his voice,'' ''But, alas, they had no choice,'' ''And the crass cacophony'' ''Blared out from the sumac tree'' ''At whose foot the frog each night'' ''Minstrelled on till morning night'' ...〔Vikram Seth, ''The Frog and the Nightingale''. 199b v 7. Lines 1-4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Frog and the Nightingale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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