To A Rich Vulgarian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDCDEEDFGHFIIJJKKL LMMNNOOPP| Fragments combined | A |
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| Thou fool that thou shouldst plume thyself | B |
| On rich attire on jewel hoard | C |
| On dross of thine ill gotten pelf | B |
| On carcanet and flashing ring | D |
| On meats and wines that load thy board | C |
| Ay cup on cup past numbering | D |
| Thou drainest with the drunken Fool | E |
| Who hast not learnt in wisdom's school | E |
| That wealth is an accursed thing | D |
| Dislinked from goodness Only when | F |
| These twain are wedded happiness | G |
| True and abiding comes to bless | H |
| The fleeting life of dying men | F |
| Fool yet not as in wrath I speak | I |
| Not I on thee would vengeance wreak | I |
| A quiet spirit dwells in me | J |
| That scorns to bruise such worms as thee | J |
| Nay but the inevitable Fate | K |
| Even now decrees thine after state | K |
| When thou art dead so shalt thou lie | L |
| Ever thy very name shall die | L |
| Thy sordid story not outlast | M |
| Thy burial for no part thou hast | M |
| In Song land's roses whose perfume | N |
| Breathes life immortal o'er the tomb | N |
| Triumphant Unregarded all | O |
| Shalt thou stray lost in Hades' hall | O |
| Amidst the fameless dead forlorn | P |
| A vile ignoble thing of scorn | P |
Sappho
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