A Woman's Ways Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFG AFDFHIFI AJFKLEFE AMNMOOFO OOHOFIAI| IT 'S human for a woman | A |
| To enjoy a little cry | B |
| Though a man will grin and bear 'em | C |
| And pass little troubles by | B |
| A woman seeks a pillow | D |
| And her face she buries in it | E |
| Starts the bitter tears to running | F |
| And she's better in a minute | G |
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| It's human for a woman | A |
| To expect a lot of fussing | F |
| Though a man will greet his fellow | D |
| Without once his topknot mussing | F |
| A woman greets her sister | H |
| Disarranging gown and hair | I |
| Kissing hugging squeezing gurgling | F |
| With enthusiasm rare | I |
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| It's human for a woman | A |
| Not to know just what she wants | J |
| That's the reason she goes shopping | F |
| And the down town stores she haunts | K |
| Though a man knows just exactly | L |
| What he wants and goes and gets it | E |
| A woman spends time looking | F |
| And she never once regrets it | E |
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| It's human for a woman | A |
| To enjoy a lettuce sandwich | M |
| Though a man wants steak and onions | N |
| And a cup of 'Mocha and' rich | M |
| he must have her lady fingers | O |
| Ices tea and macaroons | O |
| And she gets her fun in toying | F |
| With the solid silver spoons | O |
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| Man must grin and bear his troubles | O |
| Lovely woman always cries | O |
| And the man who 'd seek to stop her | H |
| Does a thing that's most unwise | O |
| Let her weep and kiss in greeting | F |
| Shop and feed on dainty fare | I |
| These are human for a woman | A |
| They 're her meat and drink and air | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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