The Wife-blessed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBBB A CCCCCC A DBDBDB| I | A |
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| In youth he wrought with eyes ablur | B |
| Lorn faced and long of hair | B |
| In youth in youth he painted her | B |
| A sister of the air | B |
| Could clasp her not but felt the stir | B |
| Of pinions everywhere | B |
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| II | A |
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| She lured his gaze in braver days | C |
| And tranced him sirenwise | C |
| And he did paint her through a haze | C |
| Of sullen paradise | C |
| With scars of kisses on her face | C |
| And embers in her eyes | C |
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| III | A |
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| And now nor dream nor wild conceit | D |
| Though faltering as before | B |
| Through tears he paints her as is meet | D |
| Tracing the dear face o'er | B |
| With lilied patience meek and sweet | D |
| As Mother Mary wore | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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