Breaking The Day In Two Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FBFBGDED HBHBIDJD| When from dawn till noon seems one long day | A |
| And from noon till night another | B |
| Oh then should a little boy come from play | A |
| And creep into the arms of his mother | B |
| Snugly creep and fall asleep | C |
| O come my baby do | D |
| Creep into my lap and with a nap | E |
| We'll break the day in two | D |
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| When the shadows slant for afternoon | F |
| When the midday meal is over | B |
| When the winds have sung themselves into a swoon | F |
| And the bees drone in the clover | B |
| Then hie to me hie for a lullaby | G |
| Come my baby do | D |
| Creep into my lap and with a nap | E |
| We'll break the day in two | D |
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| We'll break it in two with a crooning song | H |
| With a soft and soothing number | B |
| For the day has no right to be so long | H |
| And keep my baby from slumber | B |
| Then rock a by rock may white dreams flock | I |
| Like angels over you | D |
| Baby's gone and the deed is done | J |
| We've broken the day in two | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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