How Fortunate The Man With None Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCDBEFEB GHIHIBEFEB JKLKLBEFEB MNOPOBEFEBFrom the play 'Mother Courage' | A |
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You saw sagacious Solomon | B |
You know what came of him | C |
To him complexities seemed plain | D |
He cursed the hour that gave birth to him | C |
And saw that everything was vain | D |
How great and wise was Solomon | B |
The world however did not wait | E |
But soon observed what followed on | F |
It's wisdom that had brought him to this state | E |
How fortunate the man with none | B |
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You saw courageous Caesar next | G |
You know what he became | H |
They deified him in his life | I |
Then had him murdered just the same | H |
And as they raised the fatal knife | I |
How loud he cried you too my son | B |
The world however did not wait | E |
But soon observed what followed on | F |
It's courage that had brought him to that state | E |
How fortunate the man with none | B |
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You heard of honest Socrates | J |
The man who never lied | K |
They weren't so grateful as you'd think | L |
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried | K |
And handed him the poisoned drink | L |
How honest was the people's noble son | B |
The world however did not wait | E |
But soon observed what followed on | F |
It's honesty that brought him to that state | E |
How fortunate the man with none | B |
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Here you can see respectable folk | M |
Keeping to God's own laws | N |
So far he hasn't taken heed | O |
You who sit safe and warm indoors | P |
Help to relieve our bitter need | O |
How virtuously we had begun | B |
The world however did not wait | E |
But soon observed what followed on | F |
It's fear of god that brought us to that state | E |
How fortunate the man with none | B |
Bertolt Brecht
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