Remonstrance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DADAEE FGFGHH| Daughters of Eve your mother did not well | A |
| She laid the apple in your father's hand | B |
| And we have read O wonder what befell | A |
| The man was not deceived nor yet could stand | B |
| He chose to lose for love of her his throne | C |
| With her could die but could not live alone | C |
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| Daughters of Eve he did not fall so low | D |
| Nor fall so far as that sweet woman fell | A |
| For something better than as gods to know | D |
| That husband in that home left off to dwell | A |
| For this till love be reckoned less than lore | E |
| Shall man be first and best for evermore | E |
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| Daughters of Eve it was for your dear sake | F |
| The world's first hero died an uncrowned king | G |
| But God's great pity touched the grand mistake | F |
| And made his married love a sacred thing | G |
| For yet his nobler sons if aught be true | H |
| Find the lost Eden in their love to you | H |
Jean Ingelow
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