Japanese Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE FACA GHCH ABCB| Sleep little pigeon and fold your wings | A |
| Little blue pigeon with velvet eyes | B |
| Sleep to the singing of mother bird swinging | C |
| Swinging the nest where her little one lies | B |
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| Away out yonder I see a star | D |
| Silvery star with a tinkling song | E |
| To the soft dew falling I hear it calling | C |
| Calling and tinkling the night along | E |
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| In through the window a moonbeam comes | F |
| Little gold moonbeam with misty wings | A |
| All silently creeping it asks Is he sleeping | C |
| Sleeping and dreaming while mother sings | A |
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| Up from the sea there floats the sob | G |
| Of the waves that are breaking upon the shore | H |
| As though they were groaning in anguish and moaning | C |
| Bemoaning the ship that shall come no more | H |
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| But sleep little pigeon and fold your wings | A |
| Little blue pigeon with mournful eyes | B |
| Am I not singing see I am swinging | C |
| Swinging the nest where my darling lies | B |
Eugene Field
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