Riches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBDB EFGF| Have ye seen the caterpillar | A |
| Foully warking in his nest | B |
| 'T is the poor man getting siller | A |
| Without cleanness without rest | B |
| - | |
| Have ye seen the butterfly | C |
| In braw claithing drest | B |
| 'T is the poor man gotten rich | D |
| In rings and painted vest | B |
| - | |
| The poor man crawls in web of rags | E |
| And sore bested with woes | F |
| But when he flees on riches' wings | G |
| He laugheth at his foes | F |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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