The Peau De Chagrin Of State Street Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCA DEEFFD| How beauteous is the bond | A |
| In the manifold array | B |
| Of its promises to pay | B |
| While the eight per cent it gives | C |
| And the rate at which one lives | C |
| Correspond | A |
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| But at last the bough is bare | D |
| Where the coupons one by one | E |
| Through their ripening days have run | E |
| And the bond a beggar now | F |
| Seeks investment anyhow | F |
| Anywhere | D |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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