Portrait By A Neighbour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE BGHG IJCJ KLML| Before she has her floor swept | A |
| Or her dishes done | B |
| Any day you'll find her | C |
| A sunning in the sun | B |
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| It's long after midnight | D |
| Her key's in the lock | E |
| And you never see her chimney smoke | F |
| Til past ten o'clock | E |
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| She digs in her garden | B |
| With a shovel and a spoon | G |
| She weeds her lazy lettuce | H |
| By the light of the moon | G |
| - | |
| She walks up the walk | I |
| Like a woman in a dream | J |
| She forgets she borrowed butter | C |
| Any pays you back in cream | J |
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| Her lawn looks like a meadow | K |
| And if she mows the place | L |
| She leaves the clover standing | M |
| And the Queen Anne's lace | L |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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