Women's Suffrage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII AAJJ KKII LLAA MMGG AANO PPPP QQRR| Fellow men why should the lords try to despise | A |
| And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise | A |
| When they pay the same taxes as you and me | B |
| I consider they ought to have the same liberty | B |
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| And I consider if they are not allowed the same liberty | B |
| From taxation every one of them should be set free | B |
| And if they are not it is really very unfair | C |
| And an act of injustice I most solemnly declare | C |
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| Women farmers have no protection as the law now stands | D |
| And many of them have lost their property and lands | D |
| And have been turned out of their beautiful farms | E |
| By the unjust laws of the land and the sheriffs' alarms | E |
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| And in my opinion such treatment is very cruel | F |
| And fair play 'tis said is a precious jewel | F |
| But such treatment causes women to fret and to dote | G |
| Because they are deprived of the parliamentary Franchise vote | G |
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| In my opinion what a man pays for he certainly should get | H |
| And if he does not he will certainly fret | H |
| And why wouldn't women do the very same | I |
| Therefore to demand the parliamentary Franchise they are not to blame | I |
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| Therefore let them gather and demand the parliamentary Franchise | A |
| And I'm sure no reasonable man will their actions despise | A |
| For trying to obtain the privileges most unjustly withheld from them | J |
| Which Mr Gladstone will certainly encourage and never condemn | J |
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| And as for the working women many are driven to the point of starvation | K |
| All through the tendency of the legislation | K |
| Besides upon members of parliament they have no claim | I |
| As a deputation which is a very great shame | I |
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| Yes the Home Secretary of the present day | L |
| Against working women's deputations has always said nay | L |
| Because they haven't got the parliamentary Franchise | A |
| That is the reason why he does them despise | A |
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| And that in my opinion is really very unjust | M |
| But the time is not far distant I most earnestly trust | M |
| When women will have a parliamentary vote | G |
| And many of them I hope will wear a better petticoat | G |
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| And I hope that God will aid them in this enterprise | A |
| And enable them to obtain the parliamentary Franchise | A |
| And rally together and make a bold stand | N |
| And demand the parliamentary Franchise throughout Scotland | O |
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| And do not rest day nor night | P |
| Because your demands are only right | P |
| In the eyes of reasonable men and God's eyesight | P |
| And Heaven I'm sure will defend the right | P |
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| Therefore go on brave women and never fear | Q |
| Although your case may seem dark and drear | Q |
| And put your trust in God for He is strong | R |
| And ye will gain the parliamentary Franchise before very long | R |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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