Poet Edgar Lee Masters

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Saving A Woman: One Phase Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE FGHG IJKJ LMNM OAPA QRSR TUVW XYZY

To a lustful thirst she came at firstA
And gave him her maiden's prideB
And the first man scattered the flower of her loveC
Then turned to his chosen brideB
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She waned with grief as a fading starD
And waxed as a shining flameE
And the second man had her woman's loveC
But the second was playing the gameE
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With passion she stirred the man who was thirdF
Woe's me what delicate skillG
She plied to the heart that knew her artH
And fled from her wanton willG
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Now calm and demure oh fair oh pureI
Oh subtle patient and wiseJ
She trod the weary round of lifeK
With a sorrow deep in her eyesJ
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Now a hero who knew how false how trueL
Was the speech that fell from her lipsM
With a Norseman's strength took sail with herN
And landed and burnt his shipsM
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He gave her pity he gave her mirthO
And the hurt in her heart he nursedA
But under the silence of her browsP
Was a dream of the man who was firstA
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And all the deceit and lust of menQ
Had sharpened her own deceitR
And down to the gates of hell she ledS
Her friend with her flying feetR
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For a bitten bud will never bloomT
And a woman lost is lostU
And the first and the third may go unscathedV
But some man pays the costW
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And the books of life are full of the runeX
And this is the truth of the songY
No man can save a woman's soulZ
Nor right a woman's wrongY

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