The Modern Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBB BBBBB CCDDC BBEEE| Oh what a kiss | A |
| With filial passion overcharged is this | A |
| To this misgiving breast | B |
| The child runs as a child ne'er ran to rest | B |
| Upon the light heart and the unoppressed | B |
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| Unhoped unsought | B |
| A little tenderness this mother thought | B |
| The utmost of her meed | B |
| She looked for gratitude content indeed | B |
| With thus much that her nine years' love had bought | B |
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| Nay even with less | C |
| This mother giver of life death peace distress | C |
| Desired ah not so much | D |
| Thanks as forgiveness and the passing touch | D |
| Expected and the slight the brief caress | C |
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| Oh filial light | B |
| Strong in these childish eyes these new these bright | B |
| Intelligible stars Their rays | E |
| Are near the constant earth guides in the maze | E |
| Natural true keen in this dusk of days | E |
Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
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