Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Things Eatable. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CECEDD| Now Colonel to husband you need not be winking | A |
| While wiping the soup with a smile from your lips | B |
| I know just as well as he does how you're thinking | A |
| The soup is as tasteless as though made of chips | B |
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| You need not deny it and swear that no better | C |
| Concocted was ever in London or Paris | D |
| Remember the praises you gave in your letter | C |
| Of cooking and eating you wrote to Miss Harris | D |
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| Now Colonel don't offer a word more to flatter | C |
| The soup may be so so but wait for the meat | E |
| And after you've seen the last dish plate or platter | C |
| You'll own then I'm certain we've nothing to eat | E |
| That is compared as described to Miss Harris | D |
| With all the best tables you eat at in Paris | D |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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