The Riddle Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFGHIIJJKK| Know then thyself presume not God to scan | A |
| The proper study of Mankind is Man | A |
| Placed on this isthmus of a middle state | B |
| A Being darkly wise and rudely great | B |
| With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side | C |
| With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride | C |
| He hangs between in doubt to act or rest | D |
| In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast | E |
| In doubt his mind and body to prefer | F |
| Born but to die and reas'ning but to err | G |
| Whether he thinks to little or too much | H |
| Chaos of Thought and Passion all confus'd | I |
| Still by himself abus'd or disabus'd | I |
| Created half to rise and half to fall | J |
| Great Lord of all things yet a prey to all | J |
| Sole judge of truth in endless error hurl'd | K |
| The glory jest and riddle of the world | K |
Alexander Pope
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