The Woman Answers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNBK OPQCARST| What will I say when face to face with God | A |
| My naked soul shall come seared with the stain | B |
| That men call sin Why God will understand | C |
| He knew my pitiful story long before | D |
| My frail dust quickened with the breath of life | E |
| He knew the mystery of that day of days | F |
| When thrilled with virgin wonder I should come | G |
| Bearing the lily of my stainless love | H |
| To plant upon the desert of desire | I |
| I do not fear His judgment He knows all | J |
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| I do not fear His judgment lest it be | K |
| That I shall look no more upon his face | L |
| Who taught my heart to love and surely One | M |
| Who wrought a perfect note from these poor strings | N |
| Will not condemn to discord when the strain | B |
| Has reached the fullness of its harmony | K |
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| I do not fear His judgment but I weep | O |
| For him who slew the lily with a kiss | P |
| Too full of passion's rapture if I speak | Q |
| In that transcendent moment when I stand | C |
| A sinful woman at the bar of God | A |
| To hear my sentence I shall answer still | R |
| I loved him that was all that I could do | S |
| I love him that is all that I can say | T |
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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