By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Explanation:
- Fable: a short tale used to teach a moral often with animals as characters.
- The former: The Mountain
- The latter: The squirrel
- Prig: someone who is self-righteous
- Bun: the squirrel
- All sorts of things and weather / must be taken in together: both the immoral and the decent side must be sum up to justify one.
- Disgrace: shame
- Occupy: to grip a place or to live in
- Spry: energetic
- Talents differ / All is well and wisely put: people unlike us also have qualities that we don’t have
Substance of the poem
Fable” is a poem written by Ralph Waldo Emerson A “fable” is a short tale to teach a lesson. A “prig” is someone who is self-righteous. In this tale. Emerson tells us to not judge others and try to understand that people unlike us also have qualities that we don’t have. For example, the mountain may be able to carry forests on his back but he can’t crack a nut like a squirrel
This poem, is, a dialogue between the mountain and the squirrel. The mountain is proud of its towering bigness and looks upon the squirrel. The squirrel justifies its existence. It says that God created this universe in a very orderly way after a good deal of thinking. All big or small, rich or poor have a distinct quality and definite place. None is superior or inferior. None should be considered as weak or useless.
