I Am Going To Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH AIA JKL| Teeth of flowers hairnet of dew | A |
| hands of herbs you perfect wet nurse | B |
| prepare the earthly sheets for me | C |
| and the down quilt of weeded moss | D |
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| I am going to sleep my nurse put me to bed | E |
| Set a lamp at my headboard | F |
| a constellation whatever you like | G |
| all are good lower it a bit | H |
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| Leave me alone you hear the buds breaking through | A |
| a celestial foot rocks you from above | I |
| and a bird traces a pattern for you | A |
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| so you'll forget Thank you Oh one request | J |
| if he telephones again | K |
| tell him not to keep trying for I have left | L |
Alfonsina Storni
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