Doll's Boy 's Asleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD CEFD CEGD HEID ABJD| Doll's boy 's asleep | A |
| under a stile | B |
| he sees eight and twenty | C |
| ladies in a line | D |
| - | |
| the first lady | C |
| says to nine ladies | E |
| his lips drink water | F |
| but his heart drinks wine | D |
| - | |
| the tenth lady | C |
| says to nine ladies | E |
| they must chain his foot | G |
| for his wrist 's too fine | D |
| - | |
| the nineteenth | H |
| says to nine ladies | E |
| you take his mouth | I |
| for his eyes are mine | D |
| - | |
| Doll's boy 's asleep | A |
| under the stile | B |
| for every mile the feet go | J |
| the heart goes nine | D |
E. E. Cummings
(2)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation