Places Where Mortals Dine. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBCDEDEFGFGHIHIJK JKLMLM| The case too was urgent for there stood a sinner | A |
| Whose fate hung on chance a chance for his dinner | A |
| A chance for all mortals with truth I assert | B |
| Who eat where his chance was to counteract fate | C |
| To eat during life each a peck of pure dirt | B |
| By eating at once the whole peck from one plate | C |
| For true when I think of the places we eat at | D |
| Or rather the places by hunger when driven | E |
| We rush in and swallow our bread and our meat at | D |
| A bushel good measure in life will be given | E |
| To those who are living a boarding house life | F |
| Or those who are driven by fortune to journey | G |
| And eat when we must with so dirty a knife | F |
| I wish't could be done by the power of attorney | G |
| Or where you must eat in a place called saloon | H |
| Or coffee house synonym of whisky and rum | I |
| I wish all the breed were sent off to the moon | H |
| And earth was well clear of the coffee house scum | I |
| Or where Restauration hangs out for sign | J |
| At bar room or cellar or dirty back room | K |
| Where dishcloths for napkins are thought extra fine | J |
| And table cloths look as though washed with a broom | K |
| Where knives waiters spit on and wipe on their sleeves | L |
| And plates needing polish with coat tails are cleaned | M |
| Where priests dine with harlots and judges with thieves | L |
| And mayors with villains his worship has screened | M |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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