Money Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC D EE FFG HHII JJBK LLM| HE'D made a fortune out of stocks he couldn't count his worth | A |
| He 'd hoarded up a store of gold a section of the earth | A |
| But still he sighed alone and talked of all the world's distress | B |
| And mentioned to his dearest friends 'Gold won't buy happiness ' | C |
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| Within his mansion big and warm he often cried aloud | D |
| 'There is no joy in being rich no charm in being proud ' | - |
| But still the morning saw him frowning cross and very glum | E |
| Unless he added to his store another goodly sum | E |
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| 'Ah me ' he often used to say ' indeed it's very true | F |
| There are so many things in life that money cannot do | F |
| It cannot purchase peace of mind nor make a conscience clear | G |
| It cannot when the soul is sad make sorrow disappear ' | - |
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| 'You do not know what gold can do ' a friend of his replied | H |
| 'You little guess its purchase power because you haven't tried | H |
| Go take your money out today and see what it will buy | I |
| Go feed the hungry little child and note his twinkling eye | I |
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| 'Go help the brother in distress an old man starts today | J |
| Across the hills to die within the poorhouse far away | J |
| Give him a little of the gold you've hoarded to excess | B |
| Then tell me if you can that money won't buy happiness | K |
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| 'The money that is hoarded up will buy no peace of mind | L |
| But money rightly used will bring much comfort you will find | L |
| And if for others but a part of what you have is spent | M |
| You'll find the happiness you crave and you will live content ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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