There Was A Child Once Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIBJKBLMNOBPQ PR ABCQS| There was a child once | A |
| He came to play in my garden | B |
| He was quite pale and silent | C |
| Only when he smiled I knew everything about him | D |
| I knew what he had in his pockets | E |
| And I knew the feel of his hands in my hands | F |
| And the most intimate tones of his voice | G |
| I led him down each secret path | H |
| Showing him the hiding place of all my treasures | I |
| I let him play with them every one | B |
| I put my singing thoughts in a little silver cage | J |
| And gave them to him to keep | K |
| It was very dark in the garden | B |
| But never dark enough for us On tiptoe we walked | L |
| among the deepest shades | M |
| We bathed in the shadow pools beneath the trees | N |
| Pretending we were under the sea | O |
| Once near the boundary of the garden | B |
| We heard steps passing along the World road | P |
| O how frightened we were | Q |
| I whispered Have you ever walked along that road | P |
| He nodded and we shook the tears from our eyes | R |
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| There was a child once | A |
| He came quite alone to play in my garden | B |
| He was pale and silent | C |
| When we met we kissed each other | Q |
| But when he went away we did not even wave | S |
Katherine Mansfield
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