The Treasure Of The Wise Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAAAB CBCBCCCB| O the night was dark and the night was late | A |
| And the robbers came to rob him | B |
| And they picked the locks of his palace gate | A |
| The robbers that came to rob him | B |
| They picked the locks of his palace gate | A |
| Seized his jewels and gems of state | A |
| His coffers of gold and his priceless plate | A |
| The robbers that came to rob him | B |
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| But loud laughed he in the morning red | C |
| For of what had the robbers robbed him | B |
| Ho hidden safe as he slept in bed | C |
| When the robbers came to rob him | B |
| They robbed him not of a golden shred | C |
| Of the childish dreams in his wise old head | C |
| 'And they're welcome to all things else ' he said | C |
| When the robbers came to rob him | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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