The ballad of worthy wealth

Aaron Pettit
10/16/14
English 4

The Middle Paragraphs
In this poem Andrew Lang explains the cold truth about money and what it has meant for people in the 1800's . He uses repetition to explain his ideas. Andrew Lang gathers in his mind that money can be good or evil. It depends on the use of the money not the context. In this poem most of the people will only do things for money and this is what Lang is really trying to emphasize about the main idea. The "Ballad of Worthy Wealth," is saying that no matter what the subject or ideal perception is that money can bring deception and total corruption in a society. Lang uses rhetorical language in this poem. He uses different words to show the mood/tone of the story such as "taketh", "maketh", "fro", "can stow", "to throw", "ebb and flow", and "without a blow". This is almost as if its more of an informational tone. Lang describes that youth, health and paradise were the main targets as far as the use of and manipulation of people and money.
The setting of "Ballad of Worthy Wealth", takes place in 19th century. This was the time of life of Andrew Lang. Take in consideration during this time Britain led the industrial revolution which brought money to the country so not only was royalty getting money but the people had jobs that paid very well. During this time people were on the move to getting new jobs. They would accept anything that paid them. So it didn’t matter what was being said or done as long as they were getting paid.
The audience that Lang is trying to influence are business owners, bakers, locals and even just communities of different people on a large scale. The people are using money for everything no matter what it is. These people are greedy and they want to "make it rain when its sunny outside" they are spending more money that is not needed. Lang is against this and is trying to explain what is happening right in front of their own eyes,
The form that the Poem is written in is "haiku" there is three stanza's each are containing eight lines that rhyme. Its more of an haiku because of this. Sonnets are a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. Sestina's are poems with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi. The only only one that is closest is haiku.
Andrew Lang's purpose of the poem was a message to the world that we as human need to come together and spend less money. To strive towards new beginnings