Dutch Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDDEEF GBGBCDCDDEEF BHBHIDIDDEEF JKJKLDLDDEEF| Wynken Blynken and Nod one night | A |
| Sailed off in a wooden shoe | B |
| Sailed on a river of misty light | A |
| Into a sea of dew | B |
| Where are you going and what do you wish | C |
| The old moon asked the three | D |
| We have come to fish for the herring fish | C |
| That live in this beautiful sea | D |
| Nets of silver and gold have we | D |
| Said Wynken | E |
| Blynken | E |
| And Nod | F |
| - | |
| The old moon laughed and sung a song | G |
| As they rocked in the wooden shoe | B |
| And the wind that sped them all night long | G |
| Ruffled the waves of dew | B |
| The little stars were the herring fish | C |
| That lived in the beautiful sea | D |
| Now cast your nets wherever you wish | C |
| But never afeard are we | D |
| So cried the stars to the fishermen three | D |
| Wynken | E |
| Blynken | E |
| And Nod | F |
| - | |
| All night long their nets they threw | B |
| For the fish in the twinkling foam | H |
| Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe | B |
| Bringing the fishermen home | H |
| 'T was all so pretty a sail it seemed | I |
| As if it could not be | D |
| And some folk thought 't was a dream they'd dreamed | I |
| Of sailing that beautiful sea | D |
| But I shall name you the fishermen three | D |
| Wynken | E |
| Blynken | E |
| And Nod | F |
| - | |
| Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes | J |
| And Nod is a little head | K |
| And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies | J |
| Is a wee one's trundle bed | K |
| So shut your eyes while Mother sings | L |
| Of wonderful sights that be | D |
| And you shall see the beautiful things | L |
| As you rock on the misty sea | D |
| Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three | D |
| Wynken | E |
| Blynken | E |
| And Nod | F |
Eugene Field
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