The Common Lot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMO| It is a common fate a woman s lot | A |
| To waste on one the riches of her soul | B |
| Who takes the wealth she gives him but cannot | A |
| Repay the interest and much less the whole | B |
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| As I look up into your eyes and wait | C |
| For some response to my fond gaze and touch | D |
| It seems to me there is no sadder fate | C |
| Than to be doomed to loving overmuch | D |
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| Are you not kind Ah yes so very kind | E |
| So thoughtful of my comfort and so true | F |
| Yes yes dear heart but I not being blind | E |
| Know that I am not loved as I love you | F |
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| One tenderer word a little longer kiss | G |
| Will fill my soul with music and with song | H |
| And if you seem abstracted or I miss | G |
| The heart tone from your voice my world goes wrong | H |
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| And oftentimes you think me childish weak | I |
| When at some thoughtless word the tears will start | J |
| You cannot understand how aught you speak | I |
| Has power to stir the deapths of my poor heart | J |
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| I cannot help it dear I wish I could | K |
| Or feign indifference where I now adore | L |
| For if I seemed to love you less you would | K |
| Manlike I have no doubt love me the more | L |
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| Tis a sad gift that much applauded thing | M |
| A constant heart for fact doth daily prove | N |
| That constancy finds oft a cruel sting | M |
| While fickle natures win the deeper love | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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