Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Wishes And Her Sufferings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF BBBBHIHI| 'If wishes were horses' I've heard when a girl | A |
| 'If wishes were horses the beggars would ride' | B |
| If wishes were pheasants I'd wish with a skirl | A |
| Till cooked ones came flying and sat by my side | B |
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| A fig then for doctors their tinctures and drugs | C |
| Good eating would cure me with plenty of game | D |
| And as for pill boxes and bottles and jugs | C |
| I wouldn't know one when I saw it by name | D |
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| Oh dear such a load now my stomach oppresses | E |
| While eating these trifles attempting to dine | F |
| I'm sure 'taint the turkey it must be my dresses | G |
| And if so 't will ease them to sip sherry wine | F |
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| 'Tis sad though to be such a sad invalid | B |
| Dear me Colonel Dinewell you've done eating meat | B |
| Your doctor like mine I hope hasn't forbid | B |
| That you shouldn't have as I do so little to eat | B |
| Ah well then I see though I've hardly begun | H |
| The meats and the solids must go right away | I |
| So bring in the pudding if Susan's got one | H |
| Which will for a while one's appetite stay | I |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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