The Child World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCAADD EEFFGGAA HHIIJKAA AACBLLMN| The child world is a wondrous world | A |
| For there the flags of hate are furled | A |
| And there the imps of wickedness | B |
| Cause neither sorrow nor distress | C |
| And there is never strife for gold | A |
| There petty gossip's never told | A |
| There all is joy and wondrous mirth | D |
| The child earth is a glorious earth | D |
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| The land of childhood is aglow | E |
| With smiles and there pink roses grow | E |
| Upon the cheeks of boys and girls | F |
| The golden rod is yellow curls | F |
| And eyes of brown and eyes of blue | G |
| Are daisies and the violets too | G |
| And warm and true is every hand | A |
| That clings to yours in Childhood Land | A |
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| Who owns a spot on childhood's globe | H |
| Envies no king his ermine robe | H |
| Envies no sage his manners wise | I |
| His world is rich with glad surprise | I |
| The quaintest of all speech he hears | J |
| The truest smiles the sweetest tears | K |
| Are his possessions every day | A |
| However troubled be his way | A |
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| Who knows the joys of Childhood Land | A |
| The pressure of a tiny hand | A |
| The joy that's in a babe's caress | C |
| The soft embrace of happiness | B |
| The sweet good nights the shouts of glee | L |
| That greet the morning lustily | L |
| Has riches those who childless live | M |
| To know would all their fortunes give | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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