The Old Maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH CBJB| I saw her in a Broadway car | A |
| The woman I might grow to be | B |
| I felt my lover look at her | C |
| And then turn suddenly to me | B |
| - | |
| Her hair was dull and drew no light | D |
| And yet its color was as mine | E |
| Her eyes were strangely like my eyes | F |
| Tho' love had never made them shine | E |
| - | |
| Her body was a thing grown thin | G |
| Hungry for love that never came | H |
| Her soul was frozen in the dark | I |
| Unwarmed forever by love's flame | H |
| - | |
| I felt my lover look at her | C |
| And then turn suddenly to me | B |
| His eyes were magic to defy | J |
| The woman I shall never be | B |
Sara Teasdale
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