Evening Song Of The Thoughtful Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP ABAB| Shadow children thin and small | A |
| Now the day is left behind | B |
| You are dancing on the wall | A |
| On the curtains on the blind | B |
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| On the ceiling children too | C |
| Peeping round the nursery door | D |
| Let me come and play with you | C |
| As we always played before | D |
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| Let's pretend that we have wings | E |
| And can really truly fly | F |
| Over every sort of things | E |
| Up and up into the sky | F |
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| Where the sweet star children play | G |
| It does seem a dreadful rule | H |
| They must stay inside all day | G |
| I suppose they go to school | H |
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| And to night dears do you see | I |
| They are having such a race | J |
| With their father moon the tree | I |
| Almost hides his funny face | J |
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| Shadow children once at night | K |
| I was all tucked up in bed | L |
| Father moon came such a fright | K |
| Through the window poked his head | L |
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| I could see his staring eyes | M |
| O my dears I was afraid | N |
| That was not a nice surprise | M |
| And the dreadful noise I made | N |
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| Let us make a fairy ring | O |
| Shadow children hand in hand | P |
| And our songs quite softly sing | O |
| That we learned in fairyland | P |
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| Shadow children hin and small | A |
| See the day is far behind | B |
| And I kiss you on the wall | A |
| On the curtains on the blind | B |
Katherine Mansfield
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