The Little Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM NGNGOPOP QRQRSTSTThe little woman to her I bow | A |
And doff my hat as I pass her by | B |
I reverence the furrows that mark her brow | A |
And the sparkling love light in her eye | B |
The little woman who stays at home | C |
And makes no bid for the world's applause | D |
Who never sighs for a chance to roam | C |
But toils all day in a grander cause | E |
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The little woman who seems so weak | F |
Yet bears her burdens day by day | G |
And no one has ever heard her speak | F |
In a bitter or loud complaining way | G |
She sings a snatch of a merry song | H |
As she toils in her home from morn to night | I |
Her work is hard and the hours are long | H |
But the little woman's heart is light | I |
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A slave to love is that woman small | J |
And yearly her burdens heavier grow | K |
But somehow she seems to bear them all | J |
As the deep'ning lines in her white cheeks show | K |
Her children all have a mother's care | L |
Her home the touch of a good wife knows | M |
No burden's too heavy for her to bear | L |
But patiently doing her best she goes | M |
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The little woman may God be kind | N |
To her wherever she dwells to day | G |
The little woman who seems to find | N |
Her joy in toiling along life's way | G |
May God bring peace to her work worn breast | O |
And joy to her mother heart at last | P |
May love be hers when it's time to rest | O |
And the roughest part of the road is passed | P |
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The little woman how oft it seems | Q |
God chooses her for the mother's part | R |
And many a grown up sits and dreams | Q |
To day of her with an aching heart | R |
For he knows well how she toiled for him | S |
And he sees it now that it is too late | T |
And often his eyes with tears grow dim | S |
For the little woman whose strength was great | T |
Edgar Albert Guest
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