Inscription Under The Picture Of An Aged Negro-woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFG HEIJGIKLMENOPQERSETU LG| Art thou a woman so am I and all | A |
| That woman can be I have been or am | B |
| A daughter sister consort mother widow | C |
| Whiche'er of these thou art O be the friend | D |
| Of one who is what thou canst never be | E |
| Look on thyself thy kindred home and country | E |
| Then fall upon thy knees and cry Thank GOD | F |
| An English woman cannot be a SLAVE | G |
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| Art thou a man Oh I have known have loved | H |
| And lost all that to woman man can be | E |
| A father brother husband son who shared | I |
| My bliss in freedom and my woe in bondage | J |
| A childless widow now a friendless slave | G |
| What shall I ask of thee since I have nought | I |
| To lose but life's sad burden nought to gain | K |
| But heaven's repose these are beyond thy power | L |
| Me thou canst neither wrong nor help what then | M |
| Go to the bosom of thy family | E |
| Gather thy little children round thy knees | N |
| Gaze on their innocence their clear full eyes | O |
| All fix'd on thine and in their mother mark | P |
| The loveliest look that woman's face can wear | Q |
| Her look of love beholding them and thee | E |
| Then at the altar of your household joys | R |
| Vow one by one vow altogether vow | S |
| With heart and voice eternal enmity | E |
| Against oppression by your brethern's hands | T |
| Till man nor woman under Britain's laws | U |
| Nor son nor daughter born within her empire | L |
| Shall buy or sell or hold or be a slave | G |
James Montgomery
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