A Virtuous Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFE AAGA AHIH JAKA LAAA MANA OPAP QRSR| Proverbs Chap xxxi | A |
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| A woman pure oh who can find | B |
| Her price is dearer far than gold | C |
| And greater in her husband's mind | B |
| Than shining gems or pearls untold | C |
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| In her he safely puts his trust | D |
| And while her life shall last | E |
| His welfare she shall surely seek | F |
| His honor holding fast | E |
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| With willing hands she works in flax | A |
| In wool and many other things | A |
| And rising early in the morn | G |
| Her household's portion duly brings | A |
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| She buyeth fields she planteth vines | A |
| And girds herself to duty's round | H |
| And far into the shades of night | I |
| Her spindle plies with busy sound | H |
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| Her open hand and gen'rous heart | J |
| The poor and needy daily bless | A |
| And in the cold her household walk | K |
| All warmly clad in scarlet dress | A |
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| And she herself in bright array | L |
| Of gorgeous silk and tapestries | A |
| Brings gladness to her husband's face | A |
| Who sits in honor 'mid the wise | A |
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| In honor and in virtue strong | M |
| Her joy shall come in future days | A |
| She speaks with gentleness to all | N |
| The law of kindness guides her ways | A |
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| She governeth her household well | O |
| And eateth not of idle bread | P |
| Her husband gives the praise she earns | A |
| Her children bless her worthy head | P |
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| Amid the virtuous and the good | Q |
| Of womankind she stands alone | R |
| Unconscious of her priceless worth | S |
| A queen on her domestic throne | R |
Thomas Frederick Young
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