Flamboyant <br />A man with personal aplomb, a man with big worldly dreams <br />Full of life’s vivacious vigor and thrill, bursting at seams <br /> <br />Scientific <br />Reform Club could set the clock by his punctuality <br />To always be analytical is his admirable quality <br /> <br />Sharp <br />Had the entire world’s knowledge neatly aligned <br />In that quick, deep, ravenous, cultivated mind <br /> <br />Unafraid <br />Daringly wagered his fortune, to stand by what he says <br />Went against Britannica, in impossible, dashing worldly race <br /> <br />Just <br />Fruitfully defeating any injustice or deviousness he meets <br />With dignity and fairness Passepartout he treats <br /> <br />Gentlemanly <br />Toward the fairer sex and weak, chivalrous <br />In his dealings with all, always courteous <br /> <br />Romantic <br />To fall head over heels for a damsel in distress <br />By Aouda’s beauty, helplessness, chastity impressed <br /> <br />Virtuous <br />Lived larger than life, the manly honorable way <br />Made hard work, originality, labor of his mind pay <br /> <br />Capable <br />Resourcefully, can overcome obstacles he comes across <br />Circled The World in Eighty Days without a moment’s pause <br /> <br />My Hero, Phileas Fogg, of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’<br /><br />Madam Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/xx-phileas-fogg/
