Ballade Of Worldly Wealth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBD EBABBCBD ABEBBCBD| Money taketh town and wall | A |
| Fort and ramp without a blow | B |
| Money moves the merchants all | A |
| While the tides shall ebb and flow | B |
| Money maketh Evil show | B |
| Like the Good and Truth like lies | C |
| These alone can ne'er bestow | B |
| Youth and health and Paradise | D |
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| Money maketh festival | E |
| Wine she buys and beds can strow | B |
| Round the necks of captains tall | A |
| Money wins them chains to throw | B |
| Marches soldiers to and fro | B |
| Gaineth ladies with sweet eyes | C |
| These alone can ne'er bestow | B |
| Youth and health and Paradise | D |
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| Money wins the priest his stall | A |
| Money mitres buys I trow | B |
| Red hats for the Cardinal | E |
| Abbeys for the novice low | B |
| Money maketh sin as snow | B |
| Place of penitence supplies | C |
| These alone can ne'er bestow | B |
| Youth and health and Paradise | D |
Andrew Lang
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