You Men Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB ACDA EFFE FGGF EBHE IJJJ CAAD DFFD BAAB FFFF DJJD BBBB FFFF JDDJ BBBB JDDJ FEEF EFFKF AKLK DKAK DBDB MFJF BJJJ FFNF JBAF KABA AOBO JKFD BFAF OABA FDAD FDPD PFDF BAFA

Espa olA
Hombres necios que acus isB
a la mujer sin raz nC
sin ver que sois la ocasi nC
de lo mismo que culp isB
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si con ansia sin igualA
solicit is su desd nC
por qu quereis que obren bienD
si las incit is al malA
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Combat s su resistenciaE
y luego con gravedadF
dec s que fue liviandadF
lo que hizo la diligenciaE
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Parecer quiere el denuedoF
de vuestro parecer locoG
al ni o que pone el cocoG
y luego le tiene miedoF
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Quer is con presunci n neciaE
hallar a la que busc isB
para pretendida ThaisH
y en la posesi n LucreciaE
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Qu humor puede ser m s raroI
que el que falto de consejoJ
el mismo empa a el espejoJ
y siente que no est claroJ
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Con el favor y el desd nC
ten is condici n igualA
quej ndoos si os tratan malA
burl ndoos si os quieren bienD
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Opini n ninguna ganaD
pues la que m s se recataF
si no os admite es ingrataF
y si os admite es livianaD
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Siempre tan necios and isB
que con desigual nivelA
a una culp is por cr elA
y a otra por f cil culp isB
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Pues c mo ha de estar templadaF
la que vuestro amor pretendeF
si la que es ingrata ofendeF
y la que es f cil enfadaF
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Mas entre el enfado y penaD
que vuestro gusto refiereJ
bien haya la que no os quiereJ
y quejaos en hora buenaD
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Dan vuestras amantes penasB
a sus libertades alasB
y despu s de hacerlas malasB
las quer is hallar muy buenasB
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Cu l mayor culpa ha tenidoF
en una pasi n erradaF
la que cae de rogadaF
o el que ruega de ca doF
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O cu l es m s de culparJ
aunque cualquiera mal hagaD
la que peca por la pagaD
o el que paga por pecarJ
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Pues para qu e os espant isB
de la culpa que ten isB
Queredlas cual las hac isB
o hacedlas cual las busc isB
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Dejad de solicitarJ
y despu s con m s raz nD
acusar is la afici nD
de la que os fuere a rogarJ
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Bien con muchas armas fundoF
que lidia vuestra arroganciaE
pues en promesa e instanciaE
junt is diablo carne y mundoF
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EnglishE
Silly you men so very adeptF
at wrongly faulting womankindF
not seeing you're alone to blameK
for faults you plant in woman's mindF
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After you've won by urgent pleaA
the right to tarnish her good nameK
you still expect her to behaveL
you that coaxed her into shameK
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You batter her resistance downD
and then all righteousness proclaimK
that feminine frivolityA
not your persistence is to blameK
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When it comes to bravely posturingD
your witlessness must take the prizeB
you're the child that makes a bogeymanD
and then recoils in fear and criesB
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Presumptuous beyond beliefM
you'd have the woman you pursueF
be Thais when you're courting herJ
Lucretia once she falls to youF
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For plain default of common senseB
could any action be so queerJ
as oneself to cloud the mirrorJ
then complain that it's not clearJ
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Whether you're favored or disdainedF
nothing can leave you satisfiedF
You whimper if you're turned awayN
you sneer if you've been gratifiedF
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With you no woman can hope to scoreJ
whichever way she's bound to loseB
spurning you she's ungratefulA
succumbing you call her lewdF
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Your folly is always the sameK
you apply a single ruleA
to the one you accuse of loosenessB
and the one you brand as cruelA
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What happy mean could there beA
for the woman who catches your eyeO
if unresponsive she offendsB
yet whose complaisance you decryO
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Still whether it's torment or angerJ
and both ways you've yourselves to blameK
God bless the woman who won't have youF
no matter how loud you complainD
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It's your persistent entreatiesB
that change her from timid to boldF
Having made her thereby naughtyA
you would have her good as goldF
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So where does the greater guilt lieO
for a passion that should not beA
with the man who pleads out of basenessB
or the woman debased by his pleaA
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Or which is more to be blamedF
though both will have cause for chagrinD
the woman who sins for moneyA
or the man who pays money to sinD
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So why are you men all so stunnedF
at the thought you're all guilty alikeD
Either like them for what you've made themP
or make of them what you can likeD
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If you'd give up pursuing themP
you'd discover without a doubtF
you've a stronger case to makeD
against those who seek you outF
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I well know what powerful armsB
you wield in pressing for evilA
your arrogance is alliedF
with the world the flesh and the devilA

Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz



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