Madeline Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEBE FGBG HIJI KLJL MNON| I almost heard your little heart | A |
| Begin to beat and since that hour | B |
| Your life has grown apace and blossomed | C |
| Fed by the same miraculous power | B |
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| That moved the rivulet of your life | D |
| And made your heart begin to beat | E |
| Now all day your steps are a patter | B |
| Oh what swift and musical feet | E |
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| You sleep I wait to see you wake | F |
| With wonder eyes and hands that reach | G |
| I laugh to hear your thoughts that gather | B |
| Too fast on your budding lips for speech | G |
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| Your sunny hair is cut as if | H |
| 'Twere trimmed around a yellow crock | I |
| How gay the ribbon and oh how cunning | J |
| The flaring skirt of the little frock | I |
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| You build and play and search and pry | K |
| And hunt for dolls and forgotten toys | L |
| Why do you never tire of playing | J |
| Or cease from mischief or cease from noise | L |
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| You will not sleep You are tired of the house | M |
| You are just as naughty as you can be | N |
| Madeline Madeline come to the garden | O |
| And play with Marcia under the tree | N |
Edgar Lee Masters
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