George Gordon Byron

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To Miss E.p. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFH IJKJ LMLM NONO PFPF DHDG GFGF DQDQ

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Eliza what fools are the Mussulman sectB
Who to woman deny the soul's future existenceC
Could they see thee Eliza they'd own their defectB
And this doctrine would meet with a general resistanceC
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Had their Prophet possess'd but an atom of senseD
He ne'er would have woman from Paradise drivenE
But instead of his Houris a flimsy pretenceD
With woman alone he had peopled his HeavenE
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But still to increase your calamities moreF
Not content with depriving your bodies of spiritG
He allots but one husband to share amongst fourF
With souls you'd dispense but this last who could bear itH
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His religion to please neither party is madeI
On husbands 'tis hard to the wives most uncivilJ
But I can't contradict what so oft has been saidK
Though women are angels yet wedlock's the devilJ
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This terrible truth even Scripture has toldL
Ye Benedicks hear me and listen with raptureM
If a glimpse of redemption you wish to beholdL
Of St MATT read the second and twentieth chapterM
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'Tis surely enough upon earth to be vex'dN
With wives who eternal confusion are spreadingO
But in Heaven so runs the Evangelist's TextN
We neither have giving in marriage or weddingO
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From this we suppose as indeed well we mayP
That should Saints after death with their spouses put up moreF
And wives as in life aim at absolute swayP
All Heaven would ring with the conjugal uproarF
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Distraction and discord would follow in courseD
Nor MATTHEW nor MARK nor St PAUL can deny itH
The only expedient is general divorceD
To prevent universal disturbance and riotG
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But though husband and wife shall at length be disjoin'dG
Yet woman and man ne'er were meant to disseverF
Our chains once dissolv'd and our hearts unconfin'dG
We'll love without bonds but we'll love you foreverF
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Though souls are denied you by fools and by rakesD
Should you own it yourselves I would even then doubt youQ
Your nature so much of celestial partakesD
The Garden of Eden would wither without youQ

George Gordon Byron



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