The Philosopher And The Philanthropist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBABDDBEFGGFEFDDH| Searching an infinite Where | A |
| Probing a bottomless When | B |
| Dreamfully wandering | C |
| Ceaselessly pondering | C |
| What is the Wherefore of men | B |
| Bartering life for a There | A |
| Selling his soul for a Then | B |
| Baffling obscurity | D |
| Conning futurity | D |
| Usefulest wisest of men | B |
| Grasping the Present of Life | E |
| Seizing a definite Now | F |
| Labouring thornfully | G |
| Banishing scornfully | G |
| Doubts of his Whither and How | F |
| Spending his substance in Strife | E |
| Working a practical How | F |
| Letting obscurity | D |
| Rest on futurity | D |
| Usefuler wiser I trow | H |
James Kenneth Stephen
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