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...poetry. Example: "The Fool and the Poet" by Alexander Pope Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. See rhyme scheme. rhyme scheme Rhyme scheme is any pattern of rhyme at the end of lines within a stanza...

...answer to a well-known epigram by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Sir, I admit your general rule That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may serve to show it That every fool is not a poet. True poets are indeed rare, and they require handling with care, and more allowances to be made for...

...please, there's nobody at home. 3307 'Epigram from the French' Sir, I admit your gen'ral rule That every poet is a fool: But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. 3308 'An Epistle to DrArbuthnot' Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said. Tie up the knocker,...

...please, there's nobody at home. 8849 'Epigram from the French' Sir, I admit your gen'ral rule That every 98 8850 'An Epistle to DrArbuthnot' Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker,...

...of Prior's — retaliated with this clever chiastic verse: Sir, I admit your gen'ral rule That every poet is a fool; But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. *********** In the 1998 movie The Horse Whisperer, Kristin Scott Thomas plays the role of Annie MacLean,...

...have been made of the pope in a great many years. •• Sir, I admit your general rule That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet." — Pope. Coroner— You say the deceased fell from a fifty-foot wall. How did it happen? Witness—...