Fame [he Held A Book In His Knotty Paws] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEB DFDFDD| He held a book in his knotty paws | A |
| And its title grand read he | B |
| 'The Chronicles of the Kings' it was | C |
| By the History Companee | D |
| 'I'm a monarch ' he said | E |
| But a tear he shed | E |
| 'And my picter here you see | B |
| - | |
| 'Great and lasting is my renown | D |
| However the wits may flout | F |
| As wide almost as this blessed town' | D |
| But he winced as if with gout | F |
| 'I paid 'em like sin | D |
| For to put me in | D |
| But it's O and O to be out ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
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