Valuation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFG HIJKI| THE old Squire said as he stood by his gate | A |
| And his neighbor the Deacon went by | B |
| 'In spite of my bank stock and real estate | A |
| You are better off Deacon than I | B |
| - | |
| 'We're both growing old and the end's drawing near | C |
| You have less of this world to resign | D |
| But in Heaven's appraisal your assets I fear | C |
| Will reckon up greater than mine | D |
| - | |
| 'They say I am rich but I'm feeling so poor | E |
| I wish I could swap with you even | F |
| The pounds I have lived for and laid up in store | G |
| For the shillings and pence you have given ' | - |
| - | |
| 'Well Squire ' said the Deacon with shrewd | H |
| common sense | I |
| While his eye had a twinkle of fun | J |
| 'Let your pounds take the way of my shillings | K |
| and pence | I |
| And the thing can be easily done ' | - |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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