Burdened Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB BDDB EFFEFE| Genius a man's weapon a woman's burden Lamartine | A |
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| Dear God there is no sadder fate in life | B |
| Than to be burdened so that you can not | C |
| Sit down contented with the common lot | C |
| Of happy mother and devoted wife | B |
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| To feel your brain wild and your bosom rife | B |
| With all the sea's commotion to be fraught | D |
| With fires and frenzies which you have not sought | D |
| And weighed down with the wild world's weary strife | B |
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| To feel a fever always in your breast | E |
| To lean and hear half in affright half shame | F |
| A loud voiced public boldly mouth your name | F |
| To reap your hard sown harvest in unrest | E |
| And know however great your meed of fame | F |
| You are but a weak woman at the best | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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