The Traveled Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE FAFA GHGH AIAI JKJK| Sometimes I wish the railroads all were torn out | A |
| The ships all sunk among the coral strands | B |
| I am so very weary yea so worn out | A |
| With tales of those who visit foreign lands | B |
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| When asked to dine to meet these traveled people | C |
| My soup seems brewed from cemetery bones | D |
| The fish grows cold on some cathedral steeple | C |
| I miss two courses while I stare at thrones | D |
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| I'm forced to leave my salad quite untasted | A |
| Some musty moldy temple to explore | E |
| The ices fruit and coffee all are wasted | A |
| While into realms of ancient art I soar | E |
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| I'd rather take my chance of life and reason | F |
| If in a den of roaring lions hurled | A |
| Than for a single year ay for one season | F |
| To dwell with folks who'd traveled round the world | A |
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| So patronizing are they so oppressive | G |
| With pity for the ones who stay at home | H |
| So mighty is their knowledge so aggressive | G |
| I ofttimes wish they had not ceased to roam | H |
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| They loathe the new they quite detest the present | A |
| They revel in a pre Columbian morn | I |
| Just dare to say America is pleasant | A |
| And die beneath the glances of their scorn | I |
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| They are increasing at a rate alarming | J |
| Go where I will the traveled man is there | K |
| And now I think that rustic wholly charming | J |
| Who has not strayed beyond his meadows fair | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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