About May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEC BFGF F FEGEHE AIAIJI| One night Nurse Sleep held out her hand | A |
| To tired little May | B |
| 'Come go with me to Wonderland ' | C |
| She said 'I know the way | B |
| Just rock a by hum m m | D |
| And lo we come | E |
| To the place where the dream girls play ' | C |
| - | |
| - | |
| But naughty May she wriggled away | B |
| From Sleep's soft arms and said | F |
| 'I must stay awake till I eat my cake | G |
| And then I will go to bed | F |
| With a by lo away I will go ' | - |
| But the good nurse shook her head | F |
| - | |
| - | |
| She shook her head and away she sped | F |
| While May sat munching her crumb | E |
| But after the cake there came an ache | G |
| Though May cried 'Come Sleep come | E |
| And it's oh my let us by lo by' | H |
| All save the echoes were dumb | E |
| - | |
| - | |
| She ran after Sleep toward Wonderland | A |
| Ran till the morning light | I |
| And just as she caught her and grasped her hand | A |
| A nightmare gave her a fright | I |
| And it's by lo I hope she'll know | J |
| Better another night | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about About May poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Best Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox