The Philosophers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ| The best of true philosophers | A |
| Are the children after all | B |
| The children with laughing hearts | C |
| And the serious field and ball | B |
| They have a bowl and bubbles | D |
| And hours where rainbows are | E |
| They find if ever the sun is hid | F |
| In every dark a star | E |
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| But O the sorry men that make | G |
| The wise books of our day | H |
| They cannot smile athwart a cloud | I |
| When black thoughts lead astray | H |
| They cannot add a simple sum | J |
| But talk like drunken men | K |
| And shut their eyes to keep out God | L |
| When spring comes in again | K |
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| Far simpler than the Rule of Three | M |
| Are the laws of earth and sky | N |
| Yet fools will muddle all true thought | O |
| And pride will have its cry | N |
| The banners with their deadly words | P |
| Go reeling on unfurled | Q |
| And sin and sadness march along | R |
| To the heartbreak of the world | Q |
Michael Earls
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