The Wife Speaks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UVNWXY| Husband to day could you and I behold | A |
| The sun that brought us to our bridal morn | B |
| Rising so splendid in the winter sky | C |
| We thought fair spring returned when we were wed | D |
| Could the shades vanish from these fifteen years | E |
| Which stand like columns guarding the approach | F |
| To that great temple of the double soul | G |
| That is as one would you turn back my dear | H |
| And for the sake of Love's mysterious dream | I |
| As old as Adam and as sweet as Eve | J |
| Take me as I took you and once more go | K |
| Towards that goal which none of us have reached | L |
| Contesting battles which but prove a loss | M |
| The victor vanquished by the wounded one | N |
| Teaching each other sacrifice of self | O |
| True immolation to the marriage bond | P |
| Learning the joys of birth the woe of death | Q |
| Leaving in chaos all the hopes of life | R |
| Heart broken yet with courage pressing on | S |
| For fame and fortune artists needing both | T |
| Or would you rather I will acquiesce | U |
| Since we must choose what is and are grown gray | V |
| Stay in life's desert watch our setting sun | N |
| Calm as those statues in Egyptian sands | W |
| Hand clasping hand with patience and with peace | X |
| Wait for a future which contains no past | Y |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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Blessed Mudiaga Adjekpagbon: Hmmmmm. Marital jingoism in verses flow.
Blessed Mudiaga Adjekpagbon: Interesting. I like the figures of speech such as personification and other poetic imageries employed in delivering the messages of the poem.
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