A Child's Thought Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA BCB CDC DED EFGF| They say that God lives very high | A |
| But if you look above the pines | B |
| You cannot see our God and why | A |
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| And if you dig down in the mines | B |
| You never see Him in the gold | C |
| Though from Him all that's glory shines | B |
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| God is so good He wears a fold | C |
| Of heaven and earth across His face | D |
| Like secrets kept for love untold | C |
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| But still I feel that His embrace | D |
| Slides down by thrills through all things made | E |
| Through sight and sound of every place | D |
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| As if my tender mother laid | E |
| On my shut lids her kisses' pressure | F |
| Half waking me at night and said | G |
| Who kissed you through the dark dear guesser | F |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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