Baby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC DD EB FF GG HH BB II JJ CC AB| Where did you come from baby dear | A |
| Out of the everywhere into here | B |
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| Where did you get those eyes so blue | C |
| Out of the sky as I came through | C |
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| What makes the light in them sparkle and spin | D |
| Some of the starry twinkles left in | D |
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| Where did you get that little tear | E |
| I found it waiting when I got here | B |
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| What makes your forehead so smooth and high | F |
| A soft hand stroked it as I went by | F |
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| What makes your cheek like a warm white rose | G |
| I saw something better than any one knows | G |
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| Whence that three cornered smile of bliss | H |
| Three angels gave me at once a kiss | H |
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| Where did you get this pearly ear | B |
| God spoke and it came out to hear | B |
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| Where did you get those arms and hands | I |
| Love made itself into bonds and bands | I |
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| Feet whence did you come you darling things | J |
| From the same box as the cherubs' wings | J |
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| How did they all just come to be you | C |
| God thought about me and so I grew | C |
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| But how did you come to us you dear | A |
| God thought about you and so I am here | B |
George Macdonald
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