The Fool's Epilogue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEFGGHHIDJK LLMMDDNNOPQQDD| MANY good works I've done and ended | A |
| Ye take the praise I'm not offended | A |
| For in the world I've always thought | B |
| Each thing its true position hath sought | B |
| When praised for foolish deeds am I | C |
| I set off laughing heartily | D |
| When blamed for doing something good | E |
| I take it in an easy mood | F |
| If some one stronger gives me hard blows | G |
| That it's a jest I feign to suppose | G |
| But if 'tis one that's but my own like | H |
| I know the way such folks to strike | H |
| When Fortune smiles I merry grow | I |
| And sing in dulci jubilo | D |
| When sinks her wheel and tumbles me o'er | J |
| I think 'tis sure to rise once more | K |
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| In the sunshine of summer I ne'er lament | L |
| Because the winter it cannot prevent | L |
| And when the white snow flakes fall around | M |
| I don my skates and am off with a bound | M |
| Though I dissemble as I will | D |
| The sun for me will ne'er stand still | D |
| The old and wonted course is run | N |
| Until the whole of life is done | N |
| Each day the servant like the lord | O |
| In turns comes home and goes abroad | P |
| If proud or humble the line they take | Q |
| They all must eat drink sleep and wake | Q |
| So nothing ever vexes me | D |
| Act like the fool and wise ye'll be | D |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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