When Mother Sleeps Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHDID JKJKLDLD| When mother sleeps a slamming door | A |
| Disturbs her not at all | B |
| A man might walk across the floor | A |
| Or wander through the hall | B |
| A pistol shot outside would not | C |
| Drive slumber from her eyes | D |
| But she is always on the spot | C |
| The moment baby cries | D |
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| The thunder crash she would not hear | E |
| Nor shouting in the street | F |
| A barking dog however near | G |
| Of sleep can never cheat | F |
| Dear mother but I've noticed this | H |
| To my profound surprise | D |
| That always wide awake she is | I |
| The moment baby cries | D |
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| However weary she may be | J |
| Though wrapped in slumber deep | K |
| Somehow it always seems to me | J |
| Her vigil she will keep | K |
| Sound sleeper that she is I take | L |
| It in her heart there lies | D |
| A love that causes her to wake | L |
| The moment baby cries | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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