The Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACAC DEDEDE FGFGFG HIHIHI| Living I had no might | A |
| To make you hear | B |
| Now in the inmost night | A |
| I am so near | C |
| No whisper falling light | A |
| Divides us dear | C |
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| Living I had no claim | D |
| On your great hours | E |
| Now the thin candle flame | D |
| The closing flowers | E |
| Wed summer with my name | D |
| And these are ours | E |
| - | |
| Your shadow on the dust | F |
| Strength and a cry | G |
| Delight despair mistrust | F |
| All these am I | G |
| Dawn and the far hills thrust | F |
| To a far sky | G |
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| Living I had no skill | H |
| To stay your tread | I |
| Now all that was my will | H |
| Silence has said | I |
| We are one for good and ill | H |
| Since I am dead | I |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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