The Dead Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBD EEBB| Life to her was a perfect flower | A |
| And every petal a jeweled hour | A |
| Till all at once we know not why | B |
| God sent a frost from His clear blue sky | B |
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| Life to her was a fairy rune | C |
| Her light feet tripped to the lilting tune | C |
| Till all at once we know not why | B |
| God stopped th' enchanting melody | D |
| - | |
| Life to her was a picture book | E |
| That her glad eyes searched with eager look | E |
| Till all at once we know not why | B |
| God put the wondrous volume by | B |
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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