Fragments - Lines 0019 - 0030 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCCCDEFCG| Kyrnos as I work my craft let a seal be set upon | A |
| These words of mine and they will never be stolen unremarked | B |
| Nor will anyone change the good that is there to something worse | C |
| And this is what everyone will say 'These are the lines of Theognis | C |
| The man from Megara' famous throughout all peoples | C |
| But all my fellow citizens I have not yet been able to please | C |
| This is nothing to wonder at son of Polypaos for not even Zeus | C |
| Pleases everyone whether he rains or holds it back | D |
| To you with kindly intent I offer such advice as I myself | E |
| Kyrnos heard from noble men when I was still a child | F |
| Be intelligent and do not at the cost of shameful or unjust deeds | C |
| Attempt to draw to yourself honors of merits or wealth | G |
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