A Woman's Honor: A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GGGG HIHI JKLK MNMNLove bade me hope and I obeyed | A |
Phyllis continued still unkind | B |
Then you may e'en despair he said | C |
In vain I strive to change her mind | B |
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Honor's got in and keeps her heart | D |
Durst he but venture once abroad | E |
In my own right I'd take your part | D |
And show myself the mightier God | F |
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This huffing Honor domineers | G |
In breasts alone where he has place | G |
But if true generous Love apppears | G |
The hector dares not show his face | G |
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Let me still languish and complain | H |
Be most unhumanly denied | I |
I have some pleasure in my pain | H |
She can have none with all her pride | I |
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I fall a sacrifice to Love | J |
She lives a wretch for Honor's sake | K |
Whose tyrant does most cruel prove | L |
The difference is not hard to make | K |
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Consider real Honor then | M |
You'll find hers cannot be the same | N |
'Tis noble confidence in men | M |
In women mean mistrustful shame | N |
John Wilmot
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