At Dawn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHFF IIJJKK| They come to my room at the break of the day | A |
| With their faces all smiles and their minds full of play | A |
| They come on their tip toes and silently creep | B |
| To the edge of the bed where I'm lying asleep | B |
| And then at a signal on which they agree | C |
| With a shout of delight they jump right onto me | C |
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| They lift up my eyelids and tickle my nose | D |
| And scratch at my cheeks with their little pink toes | D |
| And sometimes to give them a laugh and a scare | E |
| I snap and I growl like a cinnamon bear | E |
| Then over I roll and with three kids astride | F |
| I gallop away on their feather bed ride | F |
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| I've thought it all over Man's biggest mistake | G |
| Is in wanting to sleep when his babes are awake | G |
| When they come to his room for that first bit of fun | H |
| He should make up his mind that his sleeping is done | H |
| He should share in the laughter they bring to his side | F |
| And start off the day with that feather bed ride | F |
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| Oh they're fun at their breakfast and fun at their lunch | I |
| Any hour of the day they're a glorious bunch | I |
| When they're togged up for Sundays they're certainly fine | J |
| And I'm glad in my heart I can call them all mine | J |
| But I think that the time that I like them the best | K |
| Is that hour in the morning before they are dressed | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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