Augusta Webster's Use Of Rhyme Scheme

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This passage is quite the declaration and I concur with you MH in that the construction of these lines as A B C D E F G H I J K lacks a formal rhyme scheme. This tactical element of Augusta Webster’s creation showcases a divergence from the norm and makes a loud, bold statement. The dissonance of the rhyme scheme’s form reinforces the poem’s context in the denouncement of man’s rightful sovereignty over women and goes against man’s canonized structure that all great Romantic poets followed to a degree because it lends itself to romanticized ideals. This is one of the ways Webster makes clear the disdain toward the discrimination against women - which was abhorrent to all bearer’s of equality and justice. Additionally, if I sat down and tried