Woman's Portion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DCEC FCFC CCCC GCGC CCCC BCBC CCCC A HCHC ICIC JCJC CCCC KCLC CCCC DCDC CCCC| I | A |
| - | |
| The leaves are shivering on the thorn | B |
| Drearily | C |
| And sighing wakes the lean eyed morn | B |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| I press my thin face to the pane | D |
| Drearily | C |
| But never will he come again | E |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| The rain hath sicklied day with haze | F |
| Drearily | C |
| My tears run downward as I gaze | F |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| The mist and morn spake unto me | C |
| Drearily | C |
| What is this thing God gives to thee | C |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| I said unto the morn and mist | G |
| Drearily | C |
| The babe unborn whom sin hath kissed | G |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| The morn and mist spake unto me | C |
| Drearily | C |
| What is this thing which thou dost see | C |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| I said unto the mist and morn | B |
| Drearily | C |
| The shame of man and woman's scorn | B |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| He loved thee not they made reply | C |
| Drearily | C |
| I said Would God had let me die | C |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| My dreams are as a closed up book | H |
| Drearily | C |
| Upon whose clasp of love I look | H |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| All night the rain raved overhead | I |
| Drearily | C |
| All night I wept awake in bed | I |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| I heard the wind sweep wild and wide | J |
| Drearily | C |
| I turned upon my face and sighed | J |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| The wind and rain spake unto me | C |
| Drearily | C |
| What is this thing God takes from thee | C |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| I said unto the rain and wind | K |
| Drearily | C |
| The love for which my soul hath sinned | L |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| The rain and wind spake unto me | C |
| Drearily | C |
| What are these things thou still dost see | C |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| I said unto the wind and rain | D |
| Drearily | C |
| Regret and hope despair hath slain | D |
| Wearily | C |
| - | |
| Thou lov'st him still they made reply | C |
| Drearily | C |
| I said That God would let me die | C |
| Wearily | C |
Madison Julius Cawein
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