Wishes For A Little Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| What would I ask the kindly fates to give | A |
| To crown her life if I could have my way | B |
| My strongest wishes would be negative | A |
| If they would but obey | B |
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| Give her not greatness For great souls must stand | C |
| Alone and lonely in this little world | D |
| Cleft rocks that show the great Creator's hand | C |
| Thither by earthquakes hurled | D |
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| Give her not genius Spare her the cruel pain | E |
| Of finding her whole life a prey for daws | F |
| Of hearing with quickened sense and burning brain | E |
| The world's sneer tinged applause | F |
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| Give her not perfect beauty's gifts For then | G |
| Her truthful mirror would infuse her mind | H |
| With love for self and for the praise of men | G |
| That lowers woman kind | H |
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| But make her fair and comely to the sight | I |
| Give her more heart than brain more love than pride | J |
| Let her be tender thoughted cheerful bright | I |
| Some strong man's star and guide | J |
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| Not vainly questioning why she was sent | K |
| Into this restless world of toil and strife | L |
| Let her go bravely on her way content | K |
| To make the best of life | L |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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