To Either Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBB CCCDE FGFHIH AAAGGG JJJKKK LLL G MMMNNN EEEOOO PPPQQQ RRRSSS| Back further than | A |
| I know in San | A |
| Francisco dwelt a wealthy man | A |
| So rich was he | B |
| That none could be | B |
| Wise good and great in like degree | B |
| - | |
| 'Tis true he wrought | C |
| In deed or thought | C |
| But few of all the things he ought | C |
| But men said 'Who | D |
| Would wish him to | E |
| Great souls are born to be not do ' | - |
| - | |
| One thing indeed | F |
| He did we read | G |
| Which was becoming all agreed | F |
| Grown provident | H |
| Ere life was spent | I |
| He built a mighty monument | H |
| - | |
| For longer than | A |
| I know in San | A |
| Francisco lived a beggar man | A |
| And when in bed | G |
| They found him dead | G |
| 'Just like the scamp ' the people said | G |
| - | |
| He died they say | J |
| On the same day | J |
| His wealthy neighbor passed away | J |
| What matters it | K |
| When beggars quit | K |
| Their beats I answer Not a bit | K |
| - | |
| They got a spade | L |
| And pick and made | L |
| A hole and there the chap was laid | L |
| 'He asked for bread ' | - |
| 'Twas neatly said | G |
| 'He'll get not even a stone instead ' | - |
| - | |
| The years rolled round | M |
| His humble mound | M |
| Sank to the level of the ground | M |
| And men forgot | N |
| That the bare spot | N |
| Was like and was the beggar's lot | N |
| - | |
| Forgotten too | E |
| Was t'other who | E |
| Had reared the monument to woo | E |
| Inconstant Fame | O |
| Though still his name | O |
| Shouted in granite just the same | O |
| - | |
| That name I swear | P |
| They both did bear | P |
| The beggar and the millionaire | P |
| That lofty tomb | Q |
| Then honored whom | Q |
| For argument here's ample room | Q |
| - | |
| I'll not debate | R |
| But only state | R |
| The scamp first claimed it at the Gate | R |
| St Peter proud | S |
| To serve him bowed | S |
| And showed him to the softest cloud | S |
Ambrose Bierce
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