The Oak and the Reed TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br> The oak one day address'd the reed:--<br> "To you ungenerous indeed<br> Has nature been, my humble friend,<br> With weakness aye obliged to bend.<br> The smallest bird that flits in air<br> Is quite too much for you to bear;<br> The slightest wind that wreathes the lake<br> Your ever-trembling head doth shake. COMMENTS: Visual Text The translation is in verse; a head-start on lyrics. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheOakandtheReed.pdf