I Play At Riches'to Appease Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC CEFG HICF JGKG LMNO CPCQ| A | |
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| I play at Riches to appease | B |
| The Clamoring for Gold | C |
| It kept me from a Thief I think | D |
| For often overbold | C |
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| With Want and Opportunity | C |
| I could have done a Sin | E |
| And been Myself that easy Thing | F |
| An independent Man | G |
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| But often as my lot displays | H |
| Too hungry to be borne | I |
| I deem Myself what I would be | C |
| And novel Comforting | F |
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| My Poverty and I derive | J |
| We question if the Man | G |
| Who own Esteem the Opulence | K |
| As We Who never Can | G |
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| Should ever these exploring Hands | L |
| Chance Sovereign on a Mine | M |
| Or in the long uneven term | N |
| To win become their turn | O |
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| How fitter they will be for Want | C |
| Enlightening so well | P |
| I know not which Desire or Grant | C |
| Be wholly beautiful | Q |
Emily Dickinson
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