The Crescent Moon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJKJ BLBL| Slipping softly through the sky | A |
| Little horned happy moon | B |
| Can you hear me up so high | A |
| Will you come down soon | B |
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| On my nursery window sill | C |
| Will you stay your steady flight | D |
| And then float away with me | E |
| Through the summer night | D |
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| Brushing over tops of trees | F |
| Playing hide and seek with stars | G |
| Peeping up through shiny clouds | H |
| At Jupiter or Mars | G |
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| I shall fill my lap with roses | I |
| Gathered in the milky way | J |
| All to carry home to mother | K |
| Oh what will she say | J |
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| Little rocking sailing moon | B |
| Do you hear me shout Ahoy | L |
| Just a little nearer moon | B |
| To please a little boy | L |
Amy Lowell
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