The Penitent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDB EFCFGGGF HI JI DDDI| I had a little Sorrow | A |
| Born of a little Sin | B |
| I found a room all damp with gloom | C |
| And shut us all within | B |
| And Little Sorrow weep said I | D |
| And Little Sin pray God to die | D |
| And I upon the floor will lie | D |
| And think how bad I've been | B |
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| Alas for pious planning | E |
| It mattered not a whit | F |
| As far as gloom went in that room | C |
| The lamp might have been lit | F |
| My little Sorrow would not weep | G |
| My little Sin would go to sleep | G |
| To save my soul I could not keep | G |
| My graceless mind on it | F |
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| So up I got in anger | H |
| And took a book I had | I |
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| And put a ribbon on my hair | J |
| To please a passing lad | I |
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| And One thing there's no getting by | D |
| I've been a wicked girl said I | D |
| But if I can't be sorry why | D |
| I might as well be glad | I |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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