The Words Of Socrates Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDE BBFGFG| A | |
| - | |
| A house was built by Socrates | B |
| That failed the public taste to please | B |
| Some blamed the inside some the out and all | C |
| Agreed that the apartments were too small | C |
| Such rooms for him the greatest sage of Greece | D |
| 'I ask ' said he 'no greater bliss | E |
| Than real friends to fill e'en this ' | - |
| And reason had good Socrates | B |
| To think his house too large for these | B |
| A crowd to be your friends will claim | F |
| Till some unhandsome test you bring | G |
| There's nothing plentier than the name | F |
| There's nothing rarer than the thing | G |
Jean De La Fontaine
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