The Child On The Curbstone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FGHG IBJB| The headlights raced the moon death faced | A |
| Stared down on that golden river | B |
| I saw through the smoke the scarlet cloak | C |
| Of a boy who could not shiver | B |
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| His father's hand forced him to stand | D |
| The traffic thundered slaughter | B |
| One foot he thrust in the whirling dust | E |
| As it were running water | B |
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| As in a dream I saw the stream | F |
| Scatter in drops that glistened | G |
| They flamed they flashed his brow they splashed | H |
| And danger's son was christened | G |
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| The portent passed his fate was cast | I |
| Sea farer desert ranger | B |
| Tearless I smiled on that fearless child | J |
| Dipping his foot in Danger | B |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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