The Millionaire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKL MNMNLOPQ RSTULVWV XYLYLZA2Z WWB2WCC2CC2 C2C2DC2LD2E2D2 WF2G2F2LH2C2H2 DI2WI2CJ2DJ2 C2K2L2K2C2D2C2D2 CCC2CC2M2WM2 CN2CN2LWC2W O2C2C2C2LNWN CP2PP2LQ2LQ2In the upper circles | A |
Moves a famous man | B |
Who has had no equal | C |
Since the world began | B |
He was once a broker | D |
Down by the exchange | E |
He is now a nabob | F |
Don't you think it strange | E |
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In his low back office | G |
Near the Bowling Green | H |
With his brother brokers | I |
He was often seen | H |
Shaving and discounting | J |
Dabbling in the stocks | K |
He achieved a fortune | L |
Of a million ROCKS ' | - |
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Next he formed a marriage | M |
With a lady fair | N |
And his splendid carriage | M |
Bowled about THE square | N |
Where his spacious mansion | L |
Like a palace stood | O |
Envied and admired | P |
By the multitude | Q |
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Then he took the tour | R |
Of the continent | S |
Bearer of dispatches | T |
From the President | U |
A legation button | L |
By permission wore | V |
And became that worthy | W |
An official bore | V |
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Charmed with foreign countries | X |
Lots of coin to spend | Y |
He a house in London | L |
Took a the West End | Y |
Where he dwelt a season | L |
And in grandeur shone | Z |
But to all the beau monde | A2 |
Utterly unknown | Z |
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England then was foggy | W |
And society | W |
Too aristocratic | B2 |
For his pedigree | W |
So he crossed the channel | C |
To escape the BLUES | C2 |
And became the idol | C |
Of the parvenues | C2 |
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Dear delightful Paris | C2 |
He would often say | C2 |
Every earthly pleasure | D |
One can have for pay | C2 |
Wealth gives high position | L |
But when money's tight | D2 |
Man is at a discount | E2 |
And it serves him right | D2 |
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After years of study | W |
How to cut a dash | F2 |
He came home embellished | G2 |
With a huge moustache | F2 |
Now he is a lion | L |
All the rage up town | H2 |
And gives gorgeous parties | C2 |
Supervised by Brown | H2 |
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The almighty dollar | D |
Is no doubt divine | I2 |
And he worships daily | W |
At that noble shrine | I2 |
Fashion is his idol | C |
Money is his god | J2 |
And they both together | D |
Rule him like a rod | J2 |
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Books and busts and pictures | C2 |
Are with him a card | K2 |
While abroad he bought them | L2 |
Cheaply by the yard | K2 |
But his sumptuous dinners | C2 |
To a turn quite right | D2 |
With his boon companions | C2 |
Are his chief delight | D2 |
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Thee his wit and wassail | C |
Like twin currents flow | C |
In his newest stories | C2 |
Published long ago | C |
His enchanted hearers | C2 |
Giggle till they weep | M2 |
As it is their duty | W |
Till they fall asleep | M2 |
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On his carriage panel | C |
Is a blazoned crest | N2 |
With a Latin motto | C |
Given him in jest | N2 |
His black coach and footman | L |
Dressed in livery | W |
Every day at Stewart's | C2 |
Many crowd to see | W |
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Well in upper ten dom | O2 |
Let him rest in peace | C2 |
And may his investments | C2 |
Cent per cent increase | C2 |
Though on earth for no one | L |
Cares the millionaire | N |
So does NOT exactly | W |
His devoted heir | N |
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There's a useful moral | C |
Woven with my rhyme | P2 |
Which may be considered | P |
At some other time | P2 |
Crockery is not porcelain | L |
It is merely delf | Q2 |
And the kind most common | L |
Is the man himself | Q2 |
George Pope Morris
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