The Slave Boy's Wish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEBGHGIJKJLMNM OPQPRPMPSTBT| I wish I was that little bird | A |
| Up in the bright blue sky | B |
| That sings and flies just where he will | C |
| And no one asks him why | B |
| I wish I was that little brook | D |
| That runs so swift along | E |
| Through pretty flowers and shining stones | F |
| Singing a merry song | E |
| I wish I was that butterfly | B |
| Without a thought or care | G |
| Sporting my pretty brilliant wings | H |
| Like a flower in the air | G |
| I wish I was that wild wild deer | I |
| I saw the other day | J |
| Who swifter than an arrow flew | K |
| Through the forest far away | J |
| I wish I was that little cloud | L |
| By the gentle south wind driven | M |
| Floating along so free and bright | N |
| Far far up into heaven | M |
| I'd rather be a cunning fox | O |
| And hide me in a cave | P |
| I'd rather be a savage wolf | Q |
| Than what I am a slave | P |
| My mother calls me her good boy | R |
| My father calls me brave | P |
| What wicked action have I done | M |
| That I should be a slave | P |
| I saw my little sister sold | S |
| So will they do to me | T |
| My heavenly Father let me die | B |
| For then I shall be free | T |
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