Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJKJ LIMI NFOF PQRQ SGTG| I've had my share of bright employ | A |
| My share of pain and blame | B |
| But thro' it all I've thought with joy | A |
| Of tender woman's name | B |
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| Her healing tones have often brought | C |
| New gladness to my soul | D |
| Her breath hath rent the darken'd clouds | E |
| That often o'er it roll | D |
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| Her voice hath often cheer'd my heart | F |
| In sickness and in pain | G |
| And help'd me bear the surgeon's knife | H |
| Or fever's fervid reign | G |
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| But oh that voice can change its tone | I |
| That tender feeling die | J |
| Those gentle loving tones become | K |
| A terrorizing cry | J |
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| In kindly sound a woman's voice | L |
| Is happiness alone | I |
| And may it ever be my lot | M |
| To hear its tender tone | I |
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| But let me never know the thoughts | N |
| Of vengeful woman's heart | F |
| Or hear the voice that breathes them forth | O |
| With cold and cruel dart | F |
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| O woman thou hast mighty pow'r | P |
| Among the sons of men | Q |
| For thou canst make deep rankling wounds | R |
| And heal them up again | Q |
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| Oh let thy angel nature shine | S |
| And may we all refrain | G |
| To wake the tiger in thy breast | T |
| Bound by a slender chain | G |
Thomas Frederick Young
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