Author To Her Book, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJK LMNO| Thou ill form'd offspring of my feeble brain | A |
| Who after birth did'st by my side remain | A |
| Till snatcht from thence by friends less wise than true | B |
| Who thee abroad expos'd to public view | B |
| Made thee in rags halting to th' press to trudge | C |
| Where errors were not lessened all may judge | C |
| At thy return my blushing was not small | D |
| My rambling brat in print should mother call | D |
| I cast thee by as one unfit for light | E |
| Thy Visage was so irksome in my sight | E |
| Yet being mine own at length affection would | F |
| Thy blemishes amend if so I could | F |
| I wash'd thy face but more defects I saw | G |
| And rubbing off a spot still made a flaw | G |
| I stretcht thy joints to make thee even feet | H |
| Yet still thou run'st more hobbling than is meet | H |
| In better dress to trim thee was my mind | I |
| But nought save home spun Cloth i' th' house I find | I |
| In this array 'mongst Vulgars mayst thou roam | J |
| In Critics' hands beware thou dost not come | K |
| And take thy way where yet thou art not known | L |
| If for thy Father askt say thou hadst none | M |
| And for thy Mother she alas is poor | N |
| Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door | O |
Anne Bradstreet
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