Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BCCC D BD EFFF G BG EHHI A BA EJKJ L BL EMNN O BO BPQP R BR BSSS| MY trust in nothing now is placed | A |
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| Hurrah | B |
| So in the world true joy I taste | A |
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| Hurrah | B |
| Then he who would be a comrade of mine | C |
| Must rattle his glass and in chorus combine | C |
| Over these dregs of wine | C |
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| I placed my trust in gold and wealth | D |
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| Hurrah | B |
| But then I lost all joy and health | D |
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| Lack a day | E |
| Both here and there the money roll'd | F |
| And when I had it here behold | F |
| From there had fled the gold | F |
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| I placed my trust in women next | G |
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| Hurrah | B |
| But there in truth was sorely vex'd | G |
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| Lack a day | E |
| The False another portion sought | H |
| The True with tediousness were fraught | H |
| The Best could not be bought | I |
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| My trust in travels then I placed | A |
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| Hurrah | B |
| And left my native land in haste | A |
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| Lack a day | E |
| But not a single thing seem'd good | J |
| The beds were bad and strange the food | K |
| And I not understood | J |
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| I placed my trust in rank and fame | L |
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| Hurrah | B |
| Another put me straight to shame | L |
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| Lack a day | E |
| And as I had been prominent | M |
| All scowl'd upon me as I went | N |
| I found not one content | N |
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| I placed my trust in war and fight | O |
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| Hurrah | B |
| We gain'd full many a triumph bright | O |
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| Hurrah | B |
| Into the foeman's land we cross'd | P |
| We put our friends to equal cost | Q |
| And there a leg I lost | P |
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| My trust is placed in nothing now | R |
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| Hurrah | B |
| At my command the world must bow | R |
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| Hurrah | B |
| And as we've ended feast and strain | S |
| The cup we'll to the bottom drain | S |
| No dregs must there remain | S |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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