A Woman-s Question Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBA DEFEA GBHBI DJKJL MJNJO PQJQR OSTSU VWXWJ| BEFORE I trust my fate to thee | A |
| Or place my hand in thine | B |
| Before I let thy future give | C |
| Color and form to mine | B |
| Before I peril all for thee question thy soul to night for me | A |
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| I break all slighter bonds nor feel | D |
| A shadow of regret | E |
| Is there one link within the Past | F |
| That holds thy spirit yet | E |
| Or is thy faith as clear and free as that which I can pledge to thee | A |
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| Does there within thy dimmest dreams | G |
| A possible future shine | B |
| Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe | H |
| Untouch d unshar d by mine | B |
| If so at any pain or cost O tell me before all is lost | I |
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| Look deeper still If thou canst feel | D |
| Within thy inmost soul | J |
| That thou hast kept a portion back | K |
| While I have stak d the whole | J |
| Let no false pity spare the blow but in true mercy tell me so | L |
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| Is there within thy heart a need | M |
| That mine cannot fulfil | J |
| One chord that any other hand | N |
| Could better wake or still | J |
| Speak now lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay | O |
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| Lives there within thy nature hid | P |
| The demon spirit Change | Q |
| Shedding a passing glory still | J |
| On all things new and strange | Q |
| It may not be thy fault alone but shield my heart against thy own | R |
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| Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day | O |
| And answer to my claim | S |
| That Fate and that to day s mistake | T |
| Not thou had been to blame | S |
| Some soothe their conscience thus but thou wilt surely warn and save me now | U |
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| Nay answer not I dare not hear | V |
| The words would come too late | W |
| Yet I would spare thee all remorse | X |
| So comfort thee my fate | W |
| Whatever on my heart may fall remember I would risk it all | J |
Adelaide Anne Procter
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