Woman Work Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGG HIEJ KLCJ EMNM COPO| I've got the children to tend | A |
| The clothes to mend | A |
| The floor to mop | B |
| The food to shop | B |
| Then the chicken to fry | C |
| The baby to dry | C |
| I got company to feed | D |
| The garden to weed | D |
| I've got shirts to press | E |
| The tots to dress | E |
| The can to be cut | F |
| I gotta clean up this hut | F |
| Then see about the sick | G |
| And the cotton to pick | G |
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| Shine on me sunshine | H |
| Rain on me rain | I |
| Fall softly dewdrops | E |
| And cool my brow again | J |
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| Storm blow me from here | K |
| With your fiercest wind | L |
| Let me float across the sky | C |
| 'Til I can rest again | J |
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| Fall gently snowflakes | E |
| Cover me with white | M |
| Cold icy kisses and | N |
| Let me rest tonight | M |
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| Sun rain curving sky | C |
| Mountain oceans leaf and stone | O |
| Star shine moon glow | P |
| You're all that I can call my own | O |
Maya Angelou
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