Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Again On Dinner. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBD AEEAFGGF HIHIJJ| But you are not eating and I fear that the fish | A |
| Or else 't is the gravy's not done to your wish | A |
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| You're starving while waiting for something to eat | B |
| Thank fortune I told you how poorly we live | C |
| I hope John now will give us a piece of roast meat | B |
| Or else such a dinner you'd never forgive | D |
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| Why yes Merdle look there is beef on that dish | A |
| Jane Hill don't you see there's a plate here to shift | E |
| That John is now bringing 't is all he can lift | E |
| And Colonel that turkey you know 't is my wish | A |
| You know that Excelsior's your motto in carving | F |
| As nothing more now we shall have on the table | G |
| We'll eat and give thanks this day that we're able | G |
| To keep our poor bodies entirely from starving | F |
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| Now Susan's this all that you've been able to pick up | H |
| Oh no there's a ham and it's done to a turn | I |
| So nice that the nose of a Jew needn't stick up | H |
| And a tongue well a tongue I never could spurn | I |
| It's nice while the wine at our leisure we sip | J |
| And good with a cracker in wine we can dip | J |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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