Any Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN KOKO| I am the pillars of the house | A |
| The keystone of the arch am I | B |
| Take me away and roof and wall | C |
| Would fall to ruin me utterly | D |
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| I am the fire upon the hearth | E |
| I am the light of the good sun | F |
| I am the heat that warms the earth | G |
| Which else were colder than a stone | H |
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| At me the children warm their hands | I |
| I am their light of love alive | J |
| Without me cold the hearthstone stands | I |
| Nor could the precious children thrive | J |
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| I am the twist that holds together | K |
| The children in its sacred ring | L |
| Their knot of love from whose close tether | K |
| No lost child goes a wandering | L |
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| I am the house from floor to roof | M |
| I deck the walls the board I spread | N |
| I spin the curtains warp and woof | M |
| And shake the down to be their bed | N |
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| I am their wall against all danger | K |
| Their door against the wind and snow | O |
| Thou Whom a woman laid in a manger | K |
| Take me not till the children grow | O |
Katharine Tynan
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