When I Was A Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACCDDB EBEEFFGGB HBHHIIJJBUp in the attic where I slept | A |
When I was a boy a little boy | B |
In through the lattice the moonlight crept | A |
Bringing a tide of dreams that swept | A |
Over the low red trundle bed | C |
Bathing the tangled curly head | C |
While moonbeams played at hide and seek | D |
With the dimples on the sun browned cheek | D |
When I was a boy a little boy | B |
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And oh the dreams the dreams I dreamed | E |
When I was a boy a little boy | B |
For the grace that through the lattice streamed | E |
Over my folded eyelids seemed | E |
To have the gift of prophecy | F |
And to bring me glimpses of times to be | F |
When manhood's clarion seemed to call | G |
Ah that was the sweetest dream of all | G |
When I was a boy a little boy | B |
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I'd like to sleep where I used to sleep | H |
When I was a boy a little boy | B |
For in at the lattice the moon would peep | H |
Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep | H |
The crosses and griefs of the years away | I |
From the heart that is weary and faint to day | I |
And those dreams should give me back again | J |
A peace I have never known since then | J |
When I was a boy a little boy | B |
Eugene Field
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