Ballade Of Worldly Wealth Summary

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In the Poem Ballade of Worldly Wealth by Andrew Lang he says “Money taketh town and wall, fort and ramp without a blow”. I think what the author is trying to say is that people that are wealthy can build or take apart things by just asking because they have money to do it. Lang also says “Money moves the merchants all, while the tides shall ebb and flow”. What Lang seems to be saying in these lines is that money is the thing that keeps things flowing smoothly. “Money maketh Evil show like the Good, and Truth like lies”. I believe what Lang was trying to say is that money makes things that we think are bad seem okay and vice versa. “These alone can ne’er bestow youth, and health, and paradise.” These things can’t be giving to you through money or anything else. …show more content…

This means that money can buy us things that we like. “Round the necks of captains tall, money wins them chains to throw”. I think this means that money goes hand and hand with power. “Marches soldiers to and fro, gaineth ladies with sweet eyes”. This means that soldiers are attracting the attention of young ladies, most likely because of money. “Money wins the priest his stall, money mitres buys, I trow”. I think this is saying that money is why business owner have the supplies to build up their companies and things like that. “Red hats for the Cardinal, Abbeys for the novice low; money maketh sin as snow, place of penitence supplies”. I believe that Lang was trying to say that money makes us do things that are bad but makes us believe that it’s

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