The Virgin Martyr Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD EFEFF AGAGG| Every wild she bird has nest and mate in the warm April weather | A |
| But a captive woman made for love no mate no nest has she | B |
| In the spring of young desire young men and maids are wed together | A |
| And the happy mothers flaunt their bliss for all the world to see | B |
| Nature's sacramental feast for these an empty board for me | B |
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| I a young maid once an old maid now deposed despised forgotten | C |
| I like them have thrilled with passion and have dreamed of nuptial rest | D |
| Of the trembling life within me of my children unbegotten | C |
| Of a breathing new born body to my yearning bosom prest | D |
| Of the rapture of a little soft mouth drinking at my breast | D |
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| Time that heals so many sorrows keeps mine ever freshly aching | E |
| Though my face is growing furrowed and my brown hair turning white | F |
| Still I mourn my irremediable loss asleep or waking | E |
| Still I hear my son's voice calling mother in the dead of night | F |
| And am haunted by my girl's eyes that will never see the light | F |
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| O my children that I might have had my children lost for ever | A |
| O the goodly years that might have been now desolate and bare | G |
| O malignant God or Fate what have I done that I should never | A |
| Take my birthright like the others take the crown that women wear | G |
| And possess the common heritage to which all flesh is heir | G |
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