Montefiore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDC EEFE GGHG| I SAW t was in a dream the other night | A |
| A man whose hair with age was thin and white | A |
| One hundred years had bettered by his birth | B |
| And still his step was firm his eye was bright | A |
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| Before him and about him pressed a crowd | C |
| Each head in reverence was bared and bowed | C |
| And Jews and Gentiles in a hundred tongues | D |
| Extolled his deeds and spake his fame aloud | C |
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| I joined the throng and pushing forward cried | E |
| Montefiore with the rest and vied | E |
| In efforts to caress the hand that ne er | F |
| To want and worth had charity denied | E |
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| So closely round him swarmed our shouting clan | G |
| He scarce could breathe and taking from a pan | G |
| A gleaming coin he tossed it o er our heads | H |
| And in a moment was a lonely man | G |
Ambrose Bierce
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