A Rule Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G| 'If you want to annoy an opponent thoroughly and even to harm him ' said a crafty old knave to me 'you reproach him with the very defect or vice you are conscious of in yourself Be indignant and reproach him | A |
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| 'To begin with it will set others thinking you have not that vice | B |
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| 'In the second place your indignation may well be sincere You can turn to account the pricks of your own conscience | C |
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| If you for instance are a turncoat reproach your opponent with having no convictions | D |
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| 'If you are yourself slavish at heart tell him reproachfully that he is slavish the slave of civilisation of Europe of Socialism ' | - |
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| 'One might even say the slave of anti slavishness ' I suggested | E |
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| 'You might even do that ' assented the cunning knave | F |
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| February | G |
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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