The Sleeping Flowers. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI KLDM NOBC NNIN PDQD| Whose are the little beds I asked | A |
| Which in the valleys lie | B |
| Some shook their heads and others smiled | C |
| And no one made reply | B |
| - | |
| Perhaps they did not hear I said | D |
| I will inquire again | E |
| Whose are the beds the tiny beds | F |
| So thick upon the plain | G |
| - | |
| 'T is daisy in the shortest | H |
| A little farther on | I |
| Nearest the door to wake the first | J |
| Little leontodon | I |
| - | |
| 'T is iris sir and aster | K |
| Anemone and bell | L |
| Batschia in the blanket red | D |
| And chubby daffodil | M |
| - | |
| Meanwhile at many cradles | N |
| Her busy foot she plied | O |
| Humming the quaintest lullaby | B |
| That ever rocked a child | C |
| - | |
| Hush Epigea wakens | N |
| The crocus stirs her lids | N |
| Rhodora's cheek is crimson | I |
| She's dreaming of the woods | N |
| - | |
| Then turning from them reverent | P |
| Their bed time 't is she said | D |
| The bumble bees will wake them | Q |
| When April woods are red | D |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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