To My Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLKL MIMN DODO PQPQ RSTS UVUV| My child thou seest me content to lead | A |
| A lonely life Do thou in imitation | B |
| Not happy nor triumphant learn the need | C |
| Of resignation | B |
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| All guileless be commercing with the skies | D |
| And as a sun to glorify the whole | E |
| My child within the azure of thine eyes | D |
| Put thou thy soul | E |
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| For none are happy none triumphant here | F |
| To all their little span is incomplete | G |
| Our life is but a shadow and my dear | H |
| The shadows fleet | G |
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| Yes of their weary lot all men complain | I |
| To happiness oh strange and cruel fate | J |
| All things are wanting all we seek in vain | I |
| Or find too late | J |
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| What are the boons we crave each for his part | K |
| The hope of which doth still our hearts beguile | L |
| Renown and wealth a word a woman s heart | K |
| A loving smile | L |
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| Mirth to the unloved king is wanting still | M |
| A drop of water to Sahara s plain | I |
| Man s heart is like a well which as we fill | M |
| But dries again | N |
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| Behold those thinkers whom we idolize | D |
| Those heroes whose command we gladly own | O |
| Whose names illuminate our somber skies | D |
| Where are they flown | O |
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| They rose like meteors through the wintry air | P |
| And dazzled for a moment every eye | Q |
| Then sunk into the careless grave and there | P |
| In darkness lie | Q |
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| Kind Heaven that knows our bitter griefs and fears | R |
| Takes pity on our vain and empty days | S |
| And bathes each morning with refreshing tears | T |
| Our dusty ways | S |
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| One only law there is so just and mild | U |
| Of which each honest heart must own the sway | V |
| To pity nothing hate and oh my child | U |
| To love alway | V |
Victor Marie Hugo
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