The Price Of Riches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGAAHH| Nobody stops at the rich man's door to pass the time of day | A |
| Nobody shouts a 'hello ' to him in the good old fashioned way | A |
| Nobody comes to his porch at night and sits in that extra chair | B |
| And talks till it's time to go to bed He's all by himself up there | B |
| Nobody just happens in to call on the long cold winter nights | C |
| Nobody feels that he's welcome now though the house is ablaze with lights | C |
| And never an unexpected guest will tap at his massive door | D |
| And stay to tea as he used to do for his neighborly days are o'er | E |
| It's a distant life that the rich man leads and many an hour is glum | F |
| For never the neighbors call on him save when they are asked to come | F |
| At heart he is just as he used to be and he longs for his friends of old | G |
| But they never will venture unbidden there They're afraid of his wall of gold | G |
| For silver and gold in a large amount there's a price that all men must pay | A |
| And who will dwell in a rich man's house must live in a lonely way | A |
| For once you have builded a fortune vast you will sigh for the friends you knew | H |
| But never they'll tap at your door again in the way that they used to do | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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