Representation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCDEFEF GHIIJJKK| My wife is against suffrage and that settles me | A |
| Vice President Marshall | B |
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| My wife dislikes the income tax | C |
| And so I cannot pay it | D |
| She thinks that golf all interest lacks | C |
| So now I never play it | D |
| She is opposed to tolls repeal | E |
| Though why I cannot say | F |
| But woman's duty is to feel | E |
| And man's is to obey | F |
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| I'm in a hard position for a perfect gentleman | G |
| I want to please the ladies but I don't see how I can | H |
| My present wife's a suffragist and counts on my support | I |
| But my mother is an anti of a rather biting sort | I |
| One grandmother is on the fence the other much opposed | J |
| And my sister lives in Oregon and thinks the question's closed | J |
| Each one is counting on my vote to represent her view | K |
| Now what should you think proper for a gentleman to do | K |
Alice Duer Miller
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