A Woman's Honour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GGGG HIHI JKLK MNMN

Love bade me hope and I obeyedA
Phyllis continued still unkindB
Then you may e'en despair he saidC
In vain I strive to change her mindB
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Honour's got in and keeps her heartD
Durst he but venture once abroadE
In my own right I'd take your partD
And show myself the mightier GodF
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This huffing Honour domineersG
In breasts alone where he has placeG
But if true generous Love appearsG
The hector dares not show his faceG
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Let me still languish and complainH
Be most unhumanly deniedI
I have some pleasure in my painH
She can have none with all her prideI
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I fall a sacrifice to LoveJ
She lives a wretch for Honour's sakeK
Whose tyrant does most cruel proveL
The difference is not hard to makeK
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Consider real Honour thenM
You'll find hers cannot be the sameN
'Tis noble confidence in menM
In women mean mistrustful shameN

John Wilmot



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