Of Child With Bird At The Bush Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHGHIJIJKLKL MNMNOJOJPGPGQEQERSTS U VQVQGWGWXYZYJA2JA2| My little bird how canst thou sit | A |
| And sing amidst so many thorns | B |
| Let me a hold upon thee get | C |
| My love with honour thee adorns | B |
| Thou art at present little worth | D |
| Five farthings none will give for thee | E |
| But pr'ythee little bird come forth | F |
| Thou of more value art to me | E |
| 'Tis true it is sunshine to day | G |
| To morrow birds will have a storm | H |
| My pretty one come thou away | G |
| My bosom then shall keep thee warm | H |
| Thou subject are to cold o'nights | I |
| When darkness is thy covering | J |
| At days thy danger's great by kites | I |
| How can'st thou then sit there and sing | J |
| Thy food is scarce and scanty too | K |
| 'Tis worms and trash which thou dost eat | L |
| Thy present state I pity do | K |
| Come I'll provide thee better meat | L |
| I'll feed thee with white bread and milk | M |
| And sugar plums if them thou crave | N |
| I'll cover thee with finest silk | M |
| That from the cold I may thee save | N |
| My father's palace shall be thine | O |
| Yea in it thou shalt sit and sing | J |
| My little bird if thou'lt be mine | O |
| The whole year round shall be thy spring | J |
| I'll teach thee all the notes at court | P |
| Unthought of music thou shalt play | G |
| And all that thither do resort | P |
| Shall praise thee for it every day | G |
| I'll keep thee safe from cat and cur | Q |
| No manner o' harm shall come to thee | E |
| Yea I will be thy succourer | Q |
| My bosom shall thy cabin be | E |
| But lo behold the bird is gone | R |
| These charmings would not make her yield | S |
| The child's left at the bush alone | T |
| The bird flies yonder o'er the field | S |
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| Comparison | U |
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| This child of Christ an emblem is | V |
| The bird to sinners I compare | Q |
| The thorns are like those sins of his | V |
| Which do surround him everywhere | Q |
| Her songs her food and sunshine day | G |
| Are emblems of those foolish toys | W |
| Which to destruction lead the way | G |
| The fruit of worldly empty joys | W |
| The arguments this child doth choose | X |
| To draw to him a bird thus wild | Y |
| Shows Christ familiar speech doth use | Z |
| To make's to him be reconciled | Y |
| The bird in that she takes her wing | J |
| To speed her from him after all | A2 |
| Shows us vain man loves any thing | J |
| Much better than the heavenly call | A2 |
John Bunyan
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