Twin Idols Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHDHD FFFFIDJD CFCFKDLD MNMNIDID| There are two phrases you must know | A |
| So potent yet so small | B |
| That wheresoe'er a man may go | A |
| He needs none else at all | B |
| No servile guide to lead the way | C |
| Nor lackey at his heel | D |
| If he be learned enough to say | C |
| Comme bien and Wie viel | D |
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| The sleek pomaded Parleyvoo | E |
| Will air his sweetest airs | F |
| And quote the highest rates when you | G |
| Comme bien for his wares | F |
| And though the German stolid be | H |
| His so called heart of steel | D |
| Becomes as soft as wax when he | H |
| Detects the words Wie viel | D |
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| Go search the boulevards and rues | F |
| From Havre to Marseilles | F |
| You'll find all eloquence you use | F |
| Except Comme bien fails | F |
| Or in the country auf der Rhine | I |
| Essay a business deal | D |
| And all your art is good fuhr nein | J |
| Beyond the point Wie viel | D |
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| It matters not what game or prey | C |
| Attracts your greedy eyes | F |
| You must pursue the good old way | C |
| If you would win the prize | F |
| It is to get a titled mate | K |
| All run down at the heel | D |
| If you inquire of stock effete | L |
| Comme bien or Wie viel | D |
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| So he is wise who envieth not | M |
| A wealth of foreign speech | N |
| Since with two phrases may be got | M |
| Whatever's in his reach | N |
| For Europe is a soulless shrine | I |
| In which all classes kneel | D |
| Before twin idols deemed divine | I |
| Comme bien and Wie viel | D |
Eugene Field
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