A Proud Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO| Hate in the world's hand | A |
| Can carve and set its seal | B |
| Like the strong blast of sand | A |
| Which cuts into steel | B |
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| I have seen how the finger of hate | C |
| Can mar and mould | D |
| Faces burned passionate | E |
| And frozen cold | D |
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| Sorrowful faces worn | F |
| As stone with rain | G |
| Faces writhing with scorn | F |
| And sullen with pain | G |
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| But you have a proud face | H |
| Which the world cannot harm | I |
| You have turned the pain to a grace | H |
| And the scorn to a charm | I |
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| You have taken the arrows and slings | J |
| Which prick and bruise | K |
| And fashioned them into wings | J |
| For the heels of your shoes | K |
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| From the world's hand which tries | L |
| To tear you apart | M |
| You have stolen the falcon's eyes | L |
| And the lion's heart | M |
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| What has it done this world | N |
| With hard finger tips | O |
| But sweetly chiseled and curled | N |
| Your inscrutable lips | O |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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