Myself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGH IJIK LLLL CKMK| What am I I am Earth the mother | A |
| With all her nebulous memories | B |
| And the young Day and Night her brother | A |
| And every god that was and is | C |
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| As Eve I walked in paradise | D |
| Dreaming of nations braving death | E |
| For knowledge nor begrudged the price | D |
| When the first baby first drew breath | E |
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| I sang Deborah's triumph song | F |
| I struck the foe with Judith's sword | G |
| 'Twas I who to the angel said | H |
| 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord ' | - |
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| I was fair Helen she for whom | I |
| A nation was content to die | J |
| And Cleopatra in whose doom | I |
| The world went down with Antony | K |
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| I am the harlot in the street | L |
| And the veiled nun all undefiled | L |
| In me must queen and beggar meet | L |
| Wise age hark to the little child | L |
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| I am the life that ever is | C |
| And the new glory that shall be | K |
| The pain that dies and the brave bliss | M |
| That mounts to immortality | K |
Harriet Monroe
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