The Little Ladybird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED AFAF AGFG AHIH AJGJ| Ladybird ladybird fly away home | A |
| The field mouse has gone to her nest | B |
| The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes | C |
| And the bees and the birds are at rest | B |
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| Ladybird ladybird fly away home | A |
| The glow worm is lighting her lamp | D |
| The dew's falling fast and your fine speckled wings | E |
| Will flag with the close clinging damp | D |
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| Ladybird ladybird fly away home | A |
| Good luck if you reach it at last | F |
| The owl's come abroad and the bat's on the roam | A |
| Sharp set from their Ramazan fast | F |
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| Ladybird ladybird fly away home | A |
| The fairy bells tinkle afar | G |
| Make haste or they'll catch you and harness you fast | F |
| With a cobweb to Oberon's car | G |
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| Ladybird ladybird fly away home | A |
| To your house in the old willow tree | H |
| Where your children so dear have invited the ant | I |
| And a few cozy neighbors to tea | H |
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| Ladybird ladybird fly away home | A |
| And if not gobbled up by the way | J |
| Nor yoked by the fairies to Oberon's car | G |
| You're in luck and that's all I've to say | J |
Caroline Southey
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