Fame _vs._ Riches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH| The Greeks had genius 't was a gift | A |
| The Muse vouchsafed in glorious measure | B |
| The boon of Fame they made their aim | C |
| And prized above all worldly treasure | B |
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| But we how do we train our youth | D |
| Not in the arts that are immortal | E |
| But in the greed for gains that speed | F |
| From him who stands at Death's dark portal | E |
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| Ah when this slavish love of gold | G |
| Once binds the soul in greasy fetters | H |
| How prostrate lies how droops and dies | I |
| The great the noble cause of letters | H |
Eugene Field
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