Questions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIBBJJ KKLL| Would you sell your boy for a stack of gold | A |
| Would you miss that hand that is yours to hold | A |
| Would you take a fortune and never see | B |
| The man in a few brief years he'll be | B |
| Suppose that his body were racked with pain | C |
| How much would you pay for his health again | D |
| Is there money enough in the world to day | E |
| To buy your boy Could a monarch pay | E |
| You silver and gold in so large a sum | F |
| That you'd have him blinded or stricken dumb | F |
| How much would you take if you had the choice | G |
| Never to hear in this world his voice | G |
| How much would you take in exchange for all | H |
| The joy that is wrapped in that youngster small | H |
| Are there diamonds enough in the mines of earth | I |
| To equal your dreams of that youngster's worth | I |
| Would you give up the hours that he's on your knee | B |
| The richest man in the world to be | B |
| You may prate of gold but your fortune lies | J |
| And you know it well in your boy's bright eyes | J |
| And there's nothing that money can buy or do | K |
| That means so much as that boy to you | K |
| Well which does the most of your time employ | L |
| The chase for gold or that splendid boy | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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