The Dead Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABC DEDEF GHGHG IJIJI HHHHH HHHHH| Sleep on dear now | A |
| The last sleep and the best | B |
| And on thy brow | A |
| And on thy quiet breast | B |
| Violets I throw | C |
| - | |
| Thy scanty years | D |
| Were mine a little while | E |
| Life had no fears | D |
| To trouble thy brief smile | E |
| With toil or tears | F |
| - | |
| Lie still and be | G |
| For evermore a child | H |
| Not grudgingly | G |
| Whom life has not defiled | H |
| I render thee | G |
| - | |
| Slumber so deep | I |
| No man would rashly wake | J |
| I hardly weep | I |
| Fain only for thy sake | J |
| To share thy sleep | I |
| - | |
| Yes to be dead | H |
| Dead here with thee to day | H |
| When all is said | H |
| 'Twere good by thee to lay | H |
| My weary head | H |
| - | |
| The very best | H |
| Ah child so tired of play | H |
| I stand confessed | H |
| I want to come thy way | H |
| And share thy rest | H |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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