A Wall-street Lyric Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDB EFEFGGHF IBIBJJKB| John was thought both rich and great | A |
| Dick so so but comfortable | B |
| John lived at a splendid rate | A |
| Coach and horses in his stable | B |
| John could ride when Dick should walk | C |
| This excited people's talk | C |
| For John's wealth Dick's rugged health | D |
| Few would exchange if they were able | B |
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| Dick was friendly years ago | E |
| With ingratitude John paid him | F |
| Dick found this was always so | E |
| When John had a chance to aid him | F |
| John still cut a brilliant dash | G |
| While he could command the cash | G |
| But for Dick whom John would kick | H |
| At last a change of luck has made him | F |
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| John 'tis said is bound to lose | I |
| Lots by rail and 'bus and cable | B |
| And the banks his notes refuse | I |
| Now they think his state unstable | B |
| This may be a story strange | J |
| Of the bulls and bears on 'change | J |
| Where the truth in age and youth | K |
| Is often a poetic fable | B |
George Pope Morris
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