Mrs. Williams Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSL ACTUVAW| I was the milliner | A |
| Talked about lied about | B |
| Mother of Dora | C |
| Whose strange disappearance | D |
| Was charged to her rearing | E |
| My eye quick to beauty | F |
| Saw much beside ribbons | G |
| And buckles and feathers | H |
| And leghorns and felts | I |
| To set off sweet faces | J |
| And dark hair and gold | K |
| One thing I will tell you | L |
| And one I will ask | M |
| The stealers of husbands | N |
| Wear powder and trinkets | O |
| And fashionable hats | P |
| Wives wear them yourselves | Q |
| Hats may make divorces | R |
| They also prevent them | S |
| Well now let me ask you | L |
| If all of the children born here in Spoon River | A |
| Had been reared by the | C |
| County somewhere on a farm | T |
| And the fathers and mothers had been given their freedom | U |
| To live and enjoy change mates if they wished | V |
| Do you think that Spoon River | A |
| Had been any the worse | W |
Edgar Lee Masters
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