Candor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDDB BEEBF B BGGBHHB| By an admirer of the late H C Bunner | A |
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| I know what you're going to say she said | B |
| And she stood up causing him some alarm | C |
| You're going to tell me I'll lose my charm | C |
| And what is a woman when charm has fled | B |
| And you're going to say that you greatly fear | D |
| I don't understand a woman's sphere | D |
| Now aren't you honestly Yes he said | B |
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| I know what you're going to say she said | B |
| You're going to ask what I hope to gain | E |
| By stepping down to the dusty plain | E |
| By seeking a stone when I might have bread | B |
| You're going to say 'Can a vote replace | F |
| The tender force of a woman's grace ' | - |
| Now aren't you honestly Yes he said | B |
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| I know what you're going to do he said | B |
| You're going to talk to me all day long | G |
| Trying to make me see I'm wrong | G |
| And other men who are less misled | B |
| Will pale with jealousy when they see | H |
| The time you give to converting me | H |
| Now aren't you honestly Ye es she said | B |
Alice Duer Miller
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