Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCC DEDDEFFEGG HIHIJBJB| Ah woman in this world of ours | A |
| What boon can be compared to thee | B |
| How slow would drag life's weary hours | A |
| Though man's proud brow were bound with flowers | A |
| And his the wealth of land and sea | B |
| If destined to exist alone | C |
| And ne'er call woman's heart his own | C |
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| My mother At that holy name | D |
| Within my bosom there's a gush | E |
| Of feeling which no time can tame | D |
| A feeling which for years of fame | D |
| I would not could not crush | E |
| And sisters ye are dear as life | F |
| But when I look upon my wife | F |
| My heart blood gives a sudden rush | E |
| And all my fond affections blend | G |
| In mother sisters wife and friend | G |
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| Yes woman's love is free from guile | H |
| And pure as bright Aurora's ray | I |
| The heart will melt before her smile | H |
| And base born passions fade away | I |
| Were I the monarch of the earth | J |
| Or master of the swelling sea | B |
| I would not estimate their worth | J |
| Dear woman half the price of thee | B |
George Pope Morris
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