Mater Dei Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCDC EFECE GHGHG| She looked to east she looked to west | A |
| Her eyes unfathomable mild | B |
| That saw both worlds came home to rest | A |
| Home to her own sweet child | B |
| God's golden head was at her breast | A |
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| What need to look o'er land and sea | C |
| What could the winged ships bring to her | D |
| What gold or gems of price might be | C |
| Ivory or miniver | D |
| Since God Himself lay on her knee | C |
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| What could th' intense blue heaven keep | E |
| To draw her eyes and thoughts so high | F |
| All heaven was where her Boy did leap | E |
| Where her foot quietly | C |
| Went rocking the dear God asleep | E |
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| The angel folk fared up and down | G |
| A Jacob's Ladder hung between | H |
| Her quiet chamber and God's Town | G |
| She saw unawed serene | H |
| Since God Himself played by her gown | G |
Katharine Tynan
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