Peekaboo: Three Songs For The Nursery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDB FF GGCCG CCCC| The longer thou livest the more fool thou | A |
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| Go hide Go hide But through the latticework | B |
| Of my upraised bone hands | C |
| I see athlete and statesman priest and clerk | B |
| Step forth as deodands | C |
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| Risking more than they know of life and limb | D |
| In playing Peekaboo | E |
| Whose happiest chances couldn t be called slim | D |
| I ve tagged each ICU | B |
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| II | - |
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| Cry baby cry | - |
| You ve got two reasons why | - |
| The first is being born at all | F |
| The second my peremptory call | F |
| Cry baby cry | - |
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| Weep baby weep | G |
| No solaces in sleep | G |
| Nightmare will ruin your repose | C |
| And daylight resurrect your woes | C |
| Weep baby weep | G |
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| III | - |
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| Bah bah black sheep you supply the needs | C |
| Plaguing mourners stylish widows weeds | C |
| Haute couture for all the fashion shows | C |
| Black is the color of my true love s clothes | C |
Anthony Evan Hecht
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