To The Book Of Follies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFFGGHHIIJJKKLL MMNNOKKKDD| WRITTEN IN A COMMONPLACE BOOK CALLED THE BOOK OF FOLLIES IN WHICH EVERY ONE THAT OPENED IT WAS TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING | A |
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| This tribute's from a wretched elf | B |
| Who hails thee emblem of himself | B |
| The book of life which I have traced | C |
| Has been like thee a motley waste | C |
| Of follies scribbled o'er and o'er | D |
| One folly bringing hundreds more | E |
| Some have indeed been writ so neat | F |
| In characters so fair so sweet | F |
| That those who judge not too severely | G |
| Have said they loved such follies dearly | G |
| Yet still O book the allusion stands | H |
| For these were penned by female hands | H |
| The rest alas I own the truth | I |
| Have all been scribbled so uncouth | I |
| That Prudence with a withering look | J |
| Disdainful flings away the book | J |
| Like thine its pages here and there | K |
| Have oft been stained with blots of care | K |
| And sometimes hours of peace I own | L |
| Upon some fairer leaves have shone | L |
| White as the snowings of that heaven | M |
| By which those hours of peace were given | M |
| But now no longer such oh such | N |
| The blast of Disappointment's touch | N |
| No longer now those hours appear | O |
| Each leaf is sullied by a tear | K |
| Blank blank is every page with care | K |
| Not even a folly brightens there | K |
| Will they yet brighten never never | D |
| Then shut the book O God for ever | D |
Thomas Moore
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