Unsatisfied Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EBE FGFG| 'ONLY a housemaid ' She looked from the kitchen | A |
| Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she | B |
| There at her window a sempstress sat stitching | C |
| 'Were I a sempstress how happy I'd be ' | D |
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| 'Only a Queen ' She looked over the waters | E |
| Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she | B |
| There sat an Empress with Queens for her daughters | E |
| 'Were I an Empress how happy I'd be ' | - |
| - | |
| Still the old frailty they all of them trip in | F |
| Eve in her daughters is ever the same | G |
| Give her all Eden she sighs for a pippin | F |
| Give her an Empire she pines for a name | G |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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