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