Peek-a-boo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB A CD AA EE AA FF AA GG AA HH AA| The cunningest thing that a baby can do | A |
| Is the very first time it plays peek a boo | A |
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| When it hides its pink little face in its hands | B |
| And crows and shows that it understands | B |
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| What nurse and mamma and papa too | A |
| Mean when they hide and cry 'Peek a boo peek a boo ' | - |
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| Oh what a wonderful thing it is | C |
| When they find that baby can play like this | D |
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| And everyone listens and thinks it true | A |
| That baby's gurgle means 'Peek a boo peek a boo' | A |
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| And over and over the changes are rung | E |
| On the marvelous infant who talks so young | E |
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| I wonder if any one ever knew | A |
| A baby that never played peek a boo peek a boo | A |
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| 'Tis old as the hills are I believe | F |
| Cain was taught it by Mother Eve | F |
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| For Cain was an innocent baby too | A |
| And I am sure he played peek a boo peek a boo | A |
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| And the whole world full of the children of men | G |
| Have all of them played that game since then | G |
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| Kings and princes and beggars too | A |
| Everyone has played peek a boo peek a boo | A |
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| Thief and robber and ruffian bold | H |
| The crazy tramp and the drunkard old | H |
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| All have been babies who laughed and knew | A |
| How to hide and play peek a boo peek a boo | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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