The Dinner-bell Rings. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFE GHGHHIHI| Mrs Merdle Describes the Sufferings of Dyspepsia and its Remedy | A |
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| But come now I hear by the sound of the ringing | B |
| That dinner is ready and time none to spare | C |
| To finish our eating in time for the singing | B |
| At Niblo's or at Burton's drop in for a stare | C |
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| To 'kill time' the object whatever the source is | D |
| And that is the reason we sit at the table | E |
| And call for our dinner in slow coming courses | F |
| To kill while we eat all the time we are able | E |
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| Though little I told you that's worthy your taste | G |
| You'll find on our table pray don't think us mean | H |
| Your welcome is ample that's better than waste | G |
| Oh here comes the soup in a silver tureen | H |
| 'Tis mock turtle too so good for digestion | H |
| That kills me by inches the wretched complaint | I |
| Dyspepsia to cure which I take by suggestion | H |
| Port wine in the soup when I feel slightly faint | I |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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