Fame Is A Fickle Food (1659) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHI

Fame is a fickle foodA
Upon a shifting plateB
Whose table once aC
Guest but notD
The second time is setE
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Whose crumbs the crows inspectF
And with ironic cawG
Flap past it to the Farmer's CornH
Men eat of it and dieI

Emily Dickinson



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