Alnaschar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFGHII HHJKLMMNNFFOOPP HHGGQQHH RRRRMMSTRR| Here's yer toy balloons All sizes | A |
| Twenty cents for that It rises | A |
| Jest as quick as that 'ere Miss | B |
| Twice as big Ye see it is | C |
| Some more fancy Make it square | D |
| Fifty for 'em both That's fair | D |
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| That's the sixth I've sold since noon | E |
| Trade's reviving Just as soon | E |
| As this lot's worked off I'll take | F |
| Wholesale figgers Make or break | F |
| That's my motto Then I'll buy | G |
| In some first class lottery | H |
| One half ticket numbered right | I |
| As I dreamed about last night | I |
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| That'll fetch it Don't tell me | H |
| When a man's in luck you see | H |
| All things help him Every chance | J |
| Hits him like an avalanche | K |
| Here's your toy balloons Miss Eh | L |
| You won't turn your face this way | M |
| Mebbe you'll be glad some day | M |
| With that clear ten thousand prize | N |
| This 'yer trade I'll drop and rise | N |
| Into wholesale No I'll take | F |
| Stocks in Wall Street Make or break | F |
| That's my motto With my luck | O |
| Where's the chance of being stuck | O |
| Call it sixty thousand clear | P |
| Made in Wall Street in one year | P |
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| Sixty thousand Umph Let's see | H |
| Bond and mortgage'll do for me | H |
| Good That gal that passed me by | G |
| Scornful like why mebbe I | G |
| Some day'll hold in pawn why not | Q |
| All her father's prop She'll spot | Q |
| What's my little game and see | H |
| What I'm after's HER He he | H |
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| He he When she comes to sue | R |
| Let's see What's the thing to do | R |
| Kick her No There's the perliss | R |
| Sorter throw her off like this | R |
| Hello Stop Help Murder Hey | M |
| There's my whole stock got away | M |
| Kiting on the house tops Lost | S |
| All a poor man's fortin Cost | T |
| Twenty dollars Eh What's this | R |
| Fifty cents God bless ye Miss | R |
Bret Harte
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