Outbid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE BDGD HIJI KLMN BHMH OPBP DAEA| When Cupid held an auction sale | A |
| I hastened to his mart | B |
| For I had heard that he would sell | C |
| The blue eyed Dora's heart | B |
| - | |
| I brought a wealth of truest love | D |
| The most that I could proffer | E |
| Because forsooth of stocks or bonds | F |
| I had not one to offer | E |
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| When Cupid offered Dora's heart | B |
| I bid my whole heart's love | D |
| A love that reached from sea to sea | G |
| And to the sky above | D |
| - | |
| And When Sir Cupid called for more | H |
| I bid my hands and life | I |
| That should be hers for servitude | J |
| If she became my wife | I |
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| Then Going going Cupid cried | K |
| The silence was intense | L |
| Until old Goldbags said I bid | M |
| My stocks and four per cents | N |
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| Then Cupid cried Fair Dora's heart | B |
| That ne'er was sold before | H |
| Does anybody raise the bid | M |
| Will any offer more | H |
| - | |
| If not but Count Decrepit rose | O |
| Infirm decayed and slim | P |
| I hid my title and her heart | B |
| Was there knocked down to him | P |
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| Well titles may be more than love | D |
| I shall not rant nor rail | A |
| For after all I much prefer | E |
| Some heart that's not for sale | A |
Ellis Parker Butler
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