Humanities Lecture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHG IJKLM NGOPQ RSTQU| Aristotle was a little man with | A |
| eyes like a lizard and he found a streak | B |
| down the midst of things a smooth place for his feet | C |
| much more important than the carved handles | D |
| on the coffins of the great | E |
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| He said you should put your hand out | F |
| at the time and place of need | G |
| strength matters little he said | H |
| nor even speed | G |
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| His pupil a king's son died | I |
| at an early age That Aristotle spoke of him | J |
| it is impossible to find the youth was | K |
| notorious a conqueror a kid with a gang | L |
| but even this Aristotle didn't ever say | M |
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| Around the farthest forest and along | N |
| all the bed of the sea Aristotle studied | G |
| immediate local ways Many of which | O |
| were wrong So he studied poetry | P |
| There in pity and fear he found Man | Q |
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| Many thinkers today who stand low and grin | R |
| have little use for anger or power its palace | S |
| or its prison | T |
| but quite a bit for that little man | Q |
| with eyes like a lizard | U |
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