Three Palinodias - 02 Conflict Of Wit And Beauty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BC D D DCEFGG HHBB I JI JK LK L| SIR Wit who is so much esteem'd | A |
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| And who is worthy of all honour | B |
| Saw Beauty his superior deem'd | A |
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| By folks who loved to gaze upon her | B |
| At this he was most sorely vex'd | C |
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| Then came Sir Breath long known as fit | D |
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| To represent the cause of wit | D |
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| Beginning rudely I admit | D |
| To treat the lady with a text | C |
| To this she hearken'd not at all | E |
| But hasten'd to his principal | F |
| None are so wise they say as you | G |
| Is not the world enough for two | G |
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| If you are obstinate good bye | H |
| If wise to love me you will try | H |
| For be assured the world can ne'er | B |
| Give birth to a more handsome pair | B |
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| FAIR daughters were by Beauty rear'd | I |
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| Wit had but dull sons for his lot | J |
| So for a season it appear'd | I |
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| Beauty was constant Wit was not | J |
| But Wit's a native of the soil | K |
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| So he return'd work'd strove amain | L |
| And found sweet guerdon for his toil | K |
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| Beauty to quicken him again | L |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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