Young Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACAD ACACAE ACFCAD| Naked before the glass she said | A |
| I see my body as no man has | B |
| Nor any shall unless I wed | A |
| And naked in a stranger s house | C |
| Stand timid beside his bed | A |
| There is no pity in the flesh | D |
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| Or else I shall grow old she said | A |
| Alone and change my likeliness | C |
| For a vile slack shape a head | A |
| Shriveled with thinking wickedness | C |
| Against the day I must be dead | A |
| And eaten by my crabbed wish | E |
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| One or the other way she said | A |
| How shall I know the difference | C |
| When wrinkles come to spinster or bride | F |
| Whether to marry or burn is bless | C |
| ed best O stranger to my bed | A |
| There is no pity in the flesh | D |
Howard Nemerov
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