Winter Milk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FFGD AHIJC| THE MILK drops on your chin Helga | A |
| Must not interfere with the cranberry red of your cheeks | B |
| Nor the sky winter blue of your eyes | C |
| Let your mammy keep hands off the chin | D |
| This is a high holy spatter of white on the reds and blues | E |
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| Before the bottle was taken away | F |
| Before you so proudly began today | F |
| Drinking your milk from the rim of a cup | G |
| They did not splash this high holy white on your chin | D |
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| There are dreams in your eyes Helga | A |
| Tall reaches of wind sweep the clear blue | H |
| The winter is young yet so young | I |
| Only a little cupful of winter has touched your lips | J |
| Drink on milk with your lips dreams with your eyes | C |
Carl Sandburg
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