The Brook Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDDB ABABCCCDDB BB| I looked in the brook and saw a face | A |
| Heigh ho but a child was I | B |
| There were rushes and willows in that place | A |
| And they clutched at the brook as the brook ran by | B |
| And the brook it ran its own sweet way | C |
| As a child doth run in heedless play | C |
| And as it ran I heard it say | C |
| Hasten with me | D |
| To the roistering sea | D |
| That is wroth with the flame of the morning sky | B |
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| I look in the brook and see a face | A |
| Heigh ho but the years go by | B |
| The rushes are dead in the old time place | A |
| And the willows I knew when a child was I | B |
| And the brook it seemeth to me to say | C |
| As ever it stealeth on its way | C |
| Solemnly now and not in play | C |
| Oh come with me | D |
| To the slumbrous sea | D |
| That is gray with the peace of the evening sky | B |
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| Heigh ho but the years go by | B |
| I would to God that a child were I | B |
Eugene Field
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