Woman With A Past Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DBE FGB HIJ KLM NOO PPB| There was a woman tore off a red velvet gown | A |
| And slashed the white skin of her right shoulder | B |
| And a crimson zigzag wrote a finger nail hurry | C |
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| There was a woman spoke six short words | D |
| And quit a life that was old to her | B |
| For a life that was new | E |
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| There was a woman swore an oath | F |
| And gave hoarse whisper to a prayer | G |
| And it was all over | B |
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| She was a thief and a whore and a kept woman | H |
| She was a thing to be used and played with | I |
| She wore an ancient scarlet sash | J |
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| The story is thin and wavering | K |
| White as a face in the first apple blossoms | L |
| White as a birch in the snow of a winter moon | M |
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| The story is never told | N |
| There are white lips whisper alone | O |
| There are red lips whisper alone | O |
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| In the cool of the old walls | P |
| In the white of the old walls | P |
| The red song is over | B |
Carl Sandburg
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