The Only Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFAA GHIJ KKCC LLMN KKKK| Lest he miss other children lo | A |
| His angel is his playfellow | A |
| A riotous angel two years old | B |
| With wings of rose and curls of gold | B |
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| There on the nursery floor together | C |
| They play when it is rainy weather | C |
| Building brick castles with much pain | D |
| Only to knock them down again | E |
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| Two golden heads together look | F |
| An hour long o'er a picture book | F |
| Or tired of being good and still | A |
| They play at horses with good will | A |
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| And when the boy laughs you shall hear | G |
| Another laughter silver clear | H |
| Sweeter than music of the skies | I |
| Or harps or birds of Paradise | J |
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| Two golden heads one pillow press | K |
| Two rosebuds shut for heaviness | K |
| The wings of one are round the other | C |
| Lest chill befall his tender brother | C |
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| All day with forethought mild and grave | L |
| The little angel's quick to save | L |
| And still outruns with tender haste | M |
| The adventurous feet that go too fast | N |
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| From draughts from fire from cold and stings | K |
| Wraps him within his gauzy wings | K |
| And knows his father's pride and shares | K |
| His happy mother's tears and prayers | K |
Katharine Tynan
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