The Philosophic Pill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH| I've wisdom from the East and from the West | A |
| That's subject to no academic rule | B |
| You may find it in the jeering of a jest | A |
| Or distill it from the folly of a fool | B |
| I can teach you with a quip if I've a mind | C |
| I can trick you into learning with a laugh | D |
| Oh winnow all my folly and you'll find | C |
| A grain or two of truth among the chaff | D |
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| I can set a braggart quailing with a quip | E |
| The upstart I can wither with a whim | F |
| He may wear a merry laugh upon his lip | E |
| But his laughter has an echo that is grim | F |
| When they've offered to the world in merry guise | G |
| Unpleasant truths are swallowed with a will | H |
| For he who'd make his fellow creatures wise | G |
| Should always gild the philosophic pill | H |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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