Any Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN KOKOI 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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