The Lady's Resolve Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFF| i Written on a window soon after her marriage i | A |
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| Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame | B |
| In every age is every woman's aim | B |
| With courtship pleas'd of silly toasters proud | C |
| Fond of a train and happy in a crowd | C |
| On each proud fop bestowing some kind glance | D |
| Each conquest owing to some loose advance | D |
| While vain coquets affect to be pursued | E |
| And think they're virtuous if not grossly lewd | E |
| Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide | F |
| In part she is to blame that has been try'd | F |
| He comes too near that comes to be deny'd | F |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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