Nature Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDBCEFGEFG| As a fond mother when the day is o'er | A |
| Leads by the hand her little child to bed | B |
| Half willing half reluctant to be led | B |
| And leave his broken playthings on the floor | C |
| Still gazing at them through the open door | C |
| Nor wholly reassured and comforted | D |
| By promises of others in their stead | B |
| Which though more splendid may not please him more | C |
| So Nature deals with us and takes away | E |
| Our playthings one by one and by the hand | F |
| Leads us to rest so gently that we go | G |
| Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay | E |
| Being too full of sleep to understand | F |
| How far the unknown transcends the what we know | G |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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