The Millionaire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKL MNMNLOPQ RSTULVWV XYLYLZA2Z WWB2WCC2CC2 C2C2DC2LD2E2D2 WF2G2F2LH2C2H2 DI2WI2CJ2DJ2 C2K2L2K2C2D2C2D2 CCC2CC2M2WM2 CN2CN2LWC2W O2C2C2C2LNWN CP2PP2LQ2LQ2

In the upper circlesA
Moves a famous manB
Who has had no equalC
Since the world beganB
He was once a brokerD
Down by the exchangeE
He is now a nabobF
Don't you think it strangeE
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In his low back officeG
Near the Bowling GreenH
With his brother brokersI
He was often seenH
Shaving and discountingJ
Dabbling in the stocksK
He achieved a fortuneL
Of a million ROCKS '-
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Next he formed a marriageM
With a lady fairN
And his splendid carriageM
Bowled about THE squareN
Where his spacious mansionL
Like a palace stoodO
Envied and admiredP
By the multitudeQ
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Then he took the tourR
Of the continentS
Bearer of dispatchesT
From the PresidentU
A legation buttonL
By permission woreV
And became that worthyW
An official boreV
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Charmed with foreign countriesX
Lots of coin to spendY
He a house in LondonL
Took a the West EndY
Where he dwelt a seasonL
And in grandeur shoneZ
But to all the beau mondeA2
Utterly unknownZ
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England then was foggyW
And societyW
Too aristocraticB2
For his pedigreeW
So he crossed the channelC
To escape the BLUESC2
And became the idolC
Of the parvenuesC2
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Dear delightful ParisC2
He would often sayC2
Every earthly pleasureD
One can have for payC2
Wealth gives high positionL
But when money's tightD2
Man is at a discountE2
And it serves him rightD2
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After years of studyW
How to cut a dashF2
He came home embellishedG2
With a huge moustacheF2
Now he is a lionL
All the rage up townH2
And gives gorgeous partiesC2
Supervised by BrownH2
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The almighty dollarD
Is no doubt divineI2
And he worships dailyW
At that noble shrineI2
Fashion is his idolC
Money is his godJ2
And they both togetherD
Rule him like a rodJ2
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Books and busts and picturesC2
Are with him a cardK2
While abroad he bought themL2
Cheaply by the yardK2
But his sumptuous dinnersC2
To a turn quite rightD2
With his boon companionsC2
Are his chief delightD2
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Thee his wit and wassailC
Like twin currents flowC
In his newest storiesC2
Published long agoC
His enchanted hearersC2
Giggle till they weepM2
As it is their dutyW
Till they fall asleepM2
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On his carriage panelC
Is a blazoned crestN2
With a Latin mottoC
Given him in jestN2
His black coach and footmanL
Dressed in liveryW
Every day at Stewart'sC2
Many crowd to seeW
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Well in upper ten domO2
Let him rest in peaceC2
And may his investmentsC2
Cent per cent increaseC2
Though on earth for no oneL
Cares the millionaireN
So does NOT exactlyW
His devoted heirN
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There's a useful moralC
Woven with my rhymeP2
Which may be consideredP
At some other timeP2
Crockery is not porcelainL
It is merely delfQ2
And the kind most commonL
Is the man himselfQ2

George Pope Morris



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