Folly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDADA CECEFGFG EHEHIFIF| For A K K | A |
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| What distant mountains thrill and glow | B |
| Beneath our Lady Folly's tread | C |
| Why has she left us wise in woe | B |
| Shrewd practical uncomforted | C |
| We cannot love or dream or sing | D |
| We are too cynical to pray | A |
| There is no joy in anything | D |
| Since Lady Folly went away | A |
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| Many a knight and gentle maid | C |
| Whose glory shines from years gone by | E |
| Through ignorance was unafraid | C |
| And as a fool knew how to die | E |
| Saint Folly rode beside Jehanne | F |
| And broke the ranks of Hell with her | G |
| And Folly's smile shone brightly on | F |
| Christ's plaything Brother Juniper | G |
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| Our minds are troubled and defiled | E |
| By study in a weary school | H |
| O for the folly of the child | E |
| The ready courage of the fool | H |
| Lord crush our knowledge utterly | I |
| And make us humble simple men | F |
| And cleansed of wisdom let us see | I |
| Our Lady Folly's face again | F |
Joyce Kilmer
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