Partners Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GGHHHH IJHHHH KKLLMN HHOOPP| Our laws have not yet reached the point of holding that | A |
| property which is the result of the husband's earnings and | B |
| the wife's savings becomes their joint property In this | C |
| most important of all partnerships there is no partnership | D |
| property Recent decision of the New York Supreme | E |
| Court | F |
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| Lady lovely lady come and share | G |
| All my care | G |
| Oh how gladly I will hurry | H |
| To confide my every worry | H |
| And they're very dark and drear | H |
| In your ear | H |
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| Lady share the praise I obtain | I |
| Now and again | J |
| Though I'm shy it doesn't matter | H |
| I will tell you how they flatter | H |
| Every compliment I'll share | H |
| Fair and square | H |
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| Lady I my toil will divide | K |
| At your side | K |
| I outside the home you within | L |
| You shall wash and cook and spin | L |
| I'll provide the flax and food | M |
| If you're good | N |
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| Partners lady we shall be | H |
| You and me | H |
| Partners in the highest sense | O |
| Looking for no recompense | O |
| For the savings that we make | P |
| I shall take | P |
Alice Duer Miller
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