To My Husband Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE BGHG IJKJ LMNM OHPQ R| Just two and forty years have passed | A |
| Since we a youthful pair | B |
| Together at the altar stood | C |
| And mutual vows pledged there | B |
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| Our lives have been a checkered scene | D |
| Since that midsummer's eve | E |
| Much good received our hearts to cheer | F |
| And much those hearts to grieve | E |
| - | |
| Children confided to our care | B |
| Hath God in kindness given | G |
| Of whom five still on earth remain | H |
| And two we trust in heaven | G |
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| How many friends of early days | I |
| Have fallen by our side | J |
| Shook by some blast like autumn leaves | K |
| They withered drooped and died | J |
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| But still permitted hand in hand | L |
| Our journey we pursue | M |
| And when we're weary cheered by glimpse | N |
| Of better land in view | M |
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| We may not hope in this low world | O |
| Much longer to remain | H |
| But oh there's rapture in the thought | P |
| That we may meet again | Q |
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| July | R |
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow
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