Possession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| THE child was yours and none of mine | A |
| And yet you gave it me to keep | B |
| And bade me sew it raiment fine | A |
| And wrap my kisses round its sleep | B |
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| I carried it upon my breast | C |
| I fed it in a world apart | D |
| I wrapped my kisses round its rest | C |
| I rocked its cradle with my heart | D |
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| When in mad nights of rain and storm | E |
| You turned us homeless from your door | F |
| I wrapped it close I kept it warm | E |
| And brought it safe to you once more | F |
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| But the last time you drove us forth | G |
| The snow was wrapped about its head | H |
| That night the wind blew from the North | G |
| And on my heart the child was dead | H |
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| The child is mine and none of yours | I |
| My life was his while he had breath | J |
| What of your claim to him endures | I |
| Who only gave him birth and death | J |
Edith Nesbit
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