The Separated Women Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AGHGFEIE AJKLFMNM AOPOANQN ARPRSTPT PUVHWXXP XYZYPMAM AA2FA2NPB2P

THE Separated WomenA
Go lying through the landB
For they have plenty dressesC
And money too in handB
They married brutes and drunkardsD
And blackguards frightful lowE
But why are they so eagerF
For all the world to knowE
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The shamed and ill used womanA
Who really longs to dieG
She slaves at home in silenceH
And hides her poor black eyeG
She lives a life of terrorF
Eased off at times in woeE
But why is she so frightenedI
That any one might knowE
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The Separated WomanA
She rushes to the courtJ
Sad shabby and patheticK
Or flaunting or distraughtL
The real wronged wife would ratherF
Lose both eyes and her hairM
She swears a lie to save himN
When he is taken thereM
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The Separated WomanA
She mostly goes the sameO
Bag woman sham nurse prettyP
Or on her husband s nameO
The real loafed on womanA
With courage almost grimN
Goes out and takes in washingQ
To keep the kids and himN
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The Separated WomanA
I knew her course so wellR
The Stage then first class barmaidP
Then third class bar and hellR
And hell means all things viciousS
That prey upon the townT
She wishes her poor husbandP
Had sometimes knocked her downT
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Masseur and manicuristP
Or anything by chanceU
They vilify their husbandsV
And draw the maintenanceH
Sham artists music teachersW
Oh they are flinty nutsX
Their friends are man shaped crawlersX
And lower than the dustP
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The separated MonstersX
Are missing from the taleY
They seem to have cleared out orZ
Perhaps they are in gaolY
The separated husbandP
Is heard of here and thereM
A mild and decent citizenA
And mostly bowed with careM
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The Separated WomenA
When upset in the trackA2
Are often very eagerF
To take the Monster backA2
They ve moved all hell to crush himN
And startled find too lateP
The Monster s grown content withB2
The separated stateP

Henry Lawson



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