To My Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| With filial duty I address thee Mother | A |
| Thou dearest tie which this world's wealth possesses | B |
| Endearing name no language owns another | A |
| That half the tenderness and love expresses | B |
| The very word itself breathes the affection | C |
| Which heaves the bosom of a luckless child | D |
| To thank thee for that care and that protection | C |
| Which once where fortune frowns so sweetly smil'd | D |
| Ah oft fond memory leaves its pillow'd anguish | E |
| To think when in thy arms my sleep was sound | F |
| And now my startled tear oft views thee languish | E |
| And fain would drop its honey in the wound | F |
| But I am doom'd the sad reverse to see | G |
| Where the worst pain I feel is loss of helping thee | G |
John Clare
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