Endurance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJI KLMLNOPOQRSR TUOUVOWOOXYX ZOA2OZB2C2B2LD2E2D2| YOU never hear a woman boast | A |
| Of her endurance yet I vow | B |
| The tiniest mite o' a woman has | C |
| More courage than a man somehow | B |
| Lor' bless me when I hear a man | D |
| A braggin' how he kep' right on | E |
| A pluggin' fightin' to'ards his goal | F |
| With all his hope of winnin' gone | G |
| A puffin' out his chest with pride | H |
| It makes me smile becoz I know | I |
| If he 'd a woman's cross t' bear | J |
| 'At he 'd a give up long ago | I |
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| It 'pears t' me 'at woman is | K |
| Jes' equal parts o' nerve an' grit | L |
| There is no task too great fer her | M |
| She doesn't know such word as quit | L |
| I've seen her when I knew her strength | N |
| Was failin' faster every day | O |
| Still workin' on without complaint | P |
| Findin' in some mysterious way | O |
| The power t' overcome her aches | Q |
| An' all the weariness she knows | R |
| Endurance Not bin' ever yet | S |
| Has equaled what a woman shows | R |
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| An' when her back was like t' break | T |
| An' man would plumb discouraged be | U |
| I've heard a little woman say | O |
| 'The children need so much from me | U |
| I've got t' work ' an' then she 'd start | V |
| Washin' an mendin' little clo'es | O |
| An' then sit up till late at night | W |
| Darnin' the holes in little hose | O |
| It mattered not how sick she wuz | O |
| No task o' hers she ever shirked | X |
| When man would quit an' go t' bed | Y |
| That little woman bravely worked | X |
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| An' so it allus makes me smile | Z |
| T' hear a man git up an' say | O |
| 'T is wonderful what he endured | A2 |
| An' how he worked from day t' day | O |
| An' then t' tell in boastin' style | Z |
| The hardships that he underwent | B2 |
| Explainin' how he kep' his nerve | C2 |
| Although his strength was nearly spent | B2 |
| For when it comes t' downright grit | L |
| An' bearin' troubles great an' small | D2 |
| An' winnin' spite of everything | E2 |
| A little woman beats 'em all | D2 |
Edgar Albert Guest
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