To A Sleeping Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DD EE FF GG HH CC II EEJJ| Lips lips open | A |
| Up comes a little bird that lives inside | B |
| Up comes a little bird and peeps and out he flies | C |
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| All the day he sits inside and sometimes he sings | D |
| Up he comes and out he goes at night to spread his wings | D |
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| Little bird little bird whither will you go | E |
| Round about the world while nobody can know | E |
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| Little bird little bird whither do you flee | F |
| Far away around the world while nobody can see | F |
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| Little bird little bird how long will you roam | G |
| All round the world and around again home | G |
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| Round the round world and back through the air | H |
| When the morning comes the little bird is there | H |
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| Back comes the little bird and looks and in he flies | C |
| Up wakes the little boy and opens both his eyes | C |
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| Sleep sleep little boy little bird's away | I |
| Little bird will come again by the peep of day | I |
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| Sleep little boy the little bird must go | E |
| Round about the world while nobody can know | E |
| Sleep sleep sound little bird goes round | J |
| Round and round he goes sleep sleep sound | J |
Arthur Hugh Clough
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