The Promise. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBC D EEC F GGBB A HHIIII J GGII| CHILD | A |
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| Five blue eggs hatching | B |
| With bright eyes watching | B |
| Little brown mother you sit on your nest | C |
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| BIRD | D |
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| Oh pass me blindly | E |
| Oh spare me kindly | E |
| Pity my terror and leave me to rest | C |
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| CHORUS OF CHILDREN | F |
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| Hush hush hush | G |
| 'Tis a poor mother thrush | G |
| When the blue eggs hatch the brown birds will sing | B |
| This is a promise made in the Spring | B |
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| CHILD | A |
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| Five speckled thrushes | H |
| In leafy bushes | H |
| Singing sweet songs to the hot Summer sky | I |
| In and out twitting | I |
| Here and there flitting | I |
| Happy is life as the long days go by | I |
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| CHORUS | J |
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| Hush hush hush | G |
| 'Tis the song of the thrush | G |
| Hatched are the blue eggs the brown birds do sing | I |
| Keeping the promise made in the Spring | I |
Juliana Horatia Ewing
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