The Treasure Ships Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHAIA JKLMHHNH OPQRSRTUVDWMHXVYZ| Rich ornamental procession | A |
| enough wealth to dazzle a Prester John | B |
| Sheba's queen even the fawning | C |
| burghers of Rothschild's domain | D |
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| Reams of it | E |
| Park Avenues in | F |
| torrents down a mountain side | G |
| Eldorados | H |
| the gardens of Babylon become shimmering in the sun | A |
| this vulgar display | I |
| this sheer ostentation | A |
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| Such are the waters of the rich I now approach | J |
| Peach gold fabulous wealth | K |
| More men of substance here | L |
| than all the proverbial luxury since antiquity | M |
| talents ingots ducats bars | H |
| so heavily encrusted with gems | H |
| the very floor boards groan | N |
| with the largesse | H |
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| Never a Buddha's tooth | O |
| Pierpont scheme | P |
| crown | Q |
| or outstretched finger | R |
| did circumnavigate | S |
| more treasure | R |
| than this eye | T |
| swelling around | U |
| that one treasure chest procured | V |
| Like a ship glutting the Spanish Main | D |
| my treasure ship | W |
| she vies with me | M |
| my memories | H |
| Midas' gold | X |
| or Krupp's iron wealth secured | V |
| all of which is a ransom | Y |
| parleying against the crowned heads of this world | Z |
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