The Revolt Of Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCD EFEFGG HIHIAA| Every true woman feels Speech of almost any Congressman | A |
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| I am old fashioned and I think it right | B |
| That man should know by Nature's laws eternal | C |
| The proper way to rule to earn to fight | B |
| And exercise those functions called paternal | C |
| But even I a little bit rebel | C |
| At finding that he knows my job as well | D |
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| At least he's always ready to expound it | E |
| Especially in legislative hall | F |
| The joys the cares the halos that surround it | E |
| How women feel he knows that best of all | F |
| In fact his thesis is that no one can | G |
| Know what is womanly except a man | G |
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| I am old fashioned and I am content | H |
| When he explains the world of art and science | I |
| And government to him divinely sent | H |
| I drink it in with ladylike compliance | I |
| But cannot listen no I'm only human | A |
| While he instructs me how to be a woman | A |
Alice Duer Miller
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