Lady Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ CSTS UGVG WXKX NYZY A2AB2A C2D2C2D2| Ah yes I know you well a sojourner | A |
| At the hearth | B |
| I know right well the marriage ring you wear | C |
| And what it's worth | D |
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| The angels came to Abraham and they stayed | E |
| In his house awhile | F |
| So you to mine I imagine yes happily | G |
| Condescend to be vile | F |
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| I see you all the time you bird blithe lovely | G |
| Angel in disguise | H |
| I see right well how I ought to be grateful | I |
| Smitten with reverent surprise | H |
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| Listen I have no use | J |
| For so rare a visit | K |
| Mine is a common devil's | L |
| Requisite | K |
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| Rise up and go I have no use for you | M |
| And your blithe glad mien | N |
| No angels here for me no goddesses | O |
| Nor any Queen | N |
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| Put ashes on your head put sackcloth on | P |
| And learn to serve | Q |
| You have fed me with your sweetness now I am sick | R |
| As I deserve | Q |
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| Queens ladies angels women rare | C |
| I have had enough | S |
| Put sackcloth on be crowned with powdery ash | T |
| Be common stuff | S |
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| And serve now woman serve as a woman should | U |
| Implicitly | G |
| Since I must serve and struggle with the imminent | V |
| Mystery | G |
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| Serve then I tell you add your strength to mine | W |
| Take on this doom | X |
| What are you by yourself do you think and what | K |
| The mere fruit of your womb | X |
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| What is the fruit of your womb then you mother you queen | N |
| When it falls to the ground | Y |
| Is it more than the apples of Sodom you scorn so the men | Z |
| Who abound | Y |
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| Bring forth the sons of your womb then and put them | A2 |
| Into the fire | A |
| Of Sodom that covers the earth bring them forth | B2 |
| From the womb of your precious desire | A |
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| You woman most holy you mother you being beyond | C2 |
| Question or diminution | D2 |
| Add yourself up and your seed to the nought | C2 |
| Of your last solution | D2 |
D. H. Lawrence (david Herbert Richards)
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