Baby's First Journey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAB DEF E FGHFG HIJHI| Lightly they hold him and lightly they sway him | A |
| Soft as a pillow are somebody's arms | B |
| Down he goes slowly ever so lowly | C |
| Over the rim of the cradle they lay him | A |
| Baby's first journey is free from alarms | B |
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| Baby is growing while Mama sings by lo | D |
| Sturdy and rosy and laughing and fair | E |
| Crowing and growing past every one's knowing | F |
| Out goes the cradle and in comes the 'high lo ' | - |
| Baby's next journey is into this chair | E |
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| Crying or cooing or waking or sleeping | F |
| Baby is ever a thing to adore | G |
| Look at him yonder oh what a wonder | H |
| Who would believe it the darling is creeping | F |
| Baby's next journey is over the floor | G |
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| Sweeter and cuter and brighter and stronger | H |
| Mama can see every day how he's grown | I |
| Shoes are all battered stockings all tattered | J |
| Oh but the baby is baby no longer | H |
| Look at the fellow he's walking alone | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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