Her Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCD EEEF GGGH IIJH FFFC KKKG| The sands upon the ocean side | A |
| That change about with every tide | A |
| And never true to one abide | A |
| A woman's love I liken to | B |
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| The summer zephyrs light and vain | C |
| That sing the same alluring strain | C |
| To every grass blade on the plain | C |
| A woman's love is nothing more | D |
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| The sunshine of an April day | E |
| That comes to warm you with its ray | E |
| But while you smile has flown away | E |
| A woman's love is like to this | F |
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| God made poor woman with no heart | G |
| But gave her skill and tact and art | G |
| And so she lives and plays her part | G |
| We must not blame but pity her | H |
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| She leans to man but just to hear | I |
| The praise he whispers in her ear | I |
| Herself not him she holdeth dear | J |
| O fool to be deceived by her | H |
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| To sate her selfish thirst she quaffs | F |
| The love of strong hearts in sweet draughts | F |
| Then throws them lightly by and laughs | F |
| Too weak to understand their pain | C |
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| As changeful as the winds that blow | K |
| From every region to and fro | K |
| Devoid of heart she cannot know | K |
| The suffering of a human heart | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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