A Modern Proposal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCD EFEF CGHG| It has been said that the feminist movement is the true | A |
| solution of the mother in law problem | B |
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| Sylvia my dear I would be yours with pleasure | C |
| All that you are seems excellent to me | D |
| Except your mother who's much more at leisure | C |
| Than mothers ought to be | D |
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| Find her a fad a job an occupation | E |
| Eugenics dancing uplift yes or crime | F |
| Set her to work for her Emancipation | E |
| That takes a lot of time | F |
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| Or if the suffrage doctrine fails to charm her | C |
| There are the Antis rather in her line | G |
| Guarding the Home from Maine to Alabama | H |
| Would keep her out of mine | G |
Alice Duer Miller
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