Signing The Pledge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLM NOPO LQRQ STUT VWXW VPRP RYLY WSZA2 QB2C2B2 D2E2C2F2 G2XH2X I2J2K2J2| Do you see this cup this tempting cup | A |
| Its sparkle and its glow | B |
| I tell you this cup has brought to me | C |
| A world of shame and woe | B |
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| Do you see that woman sad and wan | D |
| One day with joy and pride | E |
| With orange blossoms in her hair | F |
| I claimed her as my bride | E |
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| And vowed that I would faithful prove | G |
| Till death our lives should part | H |
| I've drenched her soul with floods of grief | I |
| And almost crushed her heart | H |
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| Do you see that gray p haired mother bend | J |
| Beneath her weight of years | K |
| I've filled that aged mother's eyes | L |
| With many bitter tears | M |
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| Year after year for me she prays | N |
| And tries her child to save | O |
| I've almost brought her gray hairs down | P |
| In sorrow to the grave | O |
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| Do you see that boy whose wistful eyes | L |
| Are gazing on my face | Q |
| I've overshadowed his young life | R |
| With sorrow and disgrace | Q |
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| He used to greet me with a smile | S |
| His heart was light and glad | T |
| I've seen him tremble at my voice | U |
| I've made that heart so sad | T |
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| Do you see this pledge I've signed to night | V |
| My mother wife and boy | W |
| Shall read my purpose on that pledge | X |
| And smile through tears of joy | W |
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| To know this night this very night | V |
| I cast the wine p cup down | P |
| And from the dust of a sinful life | R |
| Lift up my manhood's crown | P |
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| The faded face of my young wife | R |
| With roses yet shall bloom | Y |
| And joy shall light my mother's eyes | L |
| On the margin of the tomb | Y |
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| I have vowed to p night my only boy | W |
| With brow so fair and mile | S |
| Shall not be taunted on the streets | Z |
| And called a drunkard's child | A2 |
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| Never again shall that young face | Q |
| Whiten with grief and dread | B2 |
| Because I've madly staggered home | C2 |
| And sold for drink his bread | B2 |
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| This strong right arm unnerved by rum | D2 |
| Shall battle with my fate | E2 |
| And peace and comfort crown the home | C2 |
| By drink made desolate | F2 |
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| Like a drowning man tempest p tossed | G2 |
| Clings to a rocky ledge | X |
| With trembling hands I've learned to grasp | H2 |
| The gospel and the pledge | X |
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| A captive bounding from my chain | I2 |
| I've rent each hateful band | J2 |
| And by the help of grace divine | K2 |
| A victor hope to stand | J2 |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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