My Little Doll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC ACACABAB AC| I once had a sweet little doll dears | A |
| The prettiest doll in the world | B |
| Her cheeks were so red and so white dears | A |
| And her hair was so charmingly curled | B |
| But I lost my poor little doll dears | A |
| As I played in the heath one day | C |
| And I cried for more than a week dears | A |
| But I never could find where she lay | C |
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| I found my poor little doll dears | A |
| As I played in the heath one day | C |
| Folks say she is terribly changed dears | A |
| For her paint is all washed away | C |
| And her arms trodden off by the cows dears | A |
| And her hair not the least bit curled | B |
| Yet for old sakes' sake she is still dears | A |
| The prettiest doll in the world | B |
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| From The Water Babies | A |
| Eversley | C |
Charles Kingsley
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Sue Baker: My Nana used to recite that poem to me when I was a little girl. It used to make me cry. But I loved it. I didn't know who had written it, and only recently found it. It brings back so many memories.
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