The Dying Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG DHDH AIAI ADAD| Mother I'm tired and I would fain be sleeping | A |
| Let me repose upon thy bosom sick | B |
| But promise me that thou wilt leave off weeping | A |
| Because thy tears fall hot upon my cheek | C |
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| Here it is cold the tempest raveth madly | D |
| But in my dreams all is so wondrous bright | E |
| I see the angel children smiling gladly | D |
| When from my weary eyes I shut out light | E |
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| Mother one stands beside me now and listen | F |
| Dost thou not hear the music's sweet accord | G |
| See how his white wings beautifully glisten | F |
| Surely those wings were given him by the Lord | G |
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| Green gold and red are floating all around me | D |
| They are the flowers the angel scattereth | H |
| Should I have also wings while life has bound me | D |
| Or mother are they given alone in death | H |
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| Why dost thou clasp me as if I were going | A |
| Why dost thou press thy cheek so unto mine | I |
| Thy cheek is hot and yet thy tears are flowing | A |
| I will dear mother will be always thine | I |
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| Do not sigh thus it marreth my reposing | A |
| But if thou weep then I must weep with thee | D |
| Ah I am tired my weary eyes are closing | A |
| Look mother look the angel kisseth me | D |
Hans Christian Andersen
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