Epigram To A Conceited & Affected, But Handsome Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDEEFFGG| Why when I praise you Ma'am why tell me flat | A |
| All flattery you despise | B |
| Self love the greatest flatterer tells you that | A |
| And I am sure he lies | B |
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| What a strong contrast to most modern sages | C |
| Were some philosophers of ancient ages | D |
| E'en Socrates so wise yet modest too | E |
| Own'd he knew only that he nothing knew | E |
| Now vain pretenders such presumption show | F |
| They seem to fancy that they all things know | F |
| Ye moderns thus puff'd up with vanity | G |
| Would that ye knew but half as much as he | G |
Thomas Oldham
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