Conceit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EFG HIB| It is conceit that kills us | A |
| and makes us cowards instead of gods | B |
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| Under the great Command Know thy self and that thou art mortal | C |
| we have become fatally self conscious fatally self important fatally entangled in the Laoco n coils of our conceit | D |
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| Now we have to admit we can't know ourselves we can only know about ourselves | E |
| And I am not interested to know about myself any more | F |
| I only entangle myself in the knowing | G |
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| Now let me be myself | H |
| now let me be myself and flicker forth | I |
| now let me be myself in the being one of the gods | B |
David Herbert Lawrence
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