Bessie's Song To Her Doll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDB EEBB FFBB| Matilda Jane you never look | A |
| At any toy or picture book | A |
| I show you pretty things in vain | B |
| You must be blind Matilda Jane | B |
| - | |
| I ask you riddles tell you tales | C |
| But all our conversation fails | C |
| You never answer me again | D |
| I fear you're dumb Matilda Jane | B |
| - | |
| Matilda darling when I call | E |
| You never seem to hear at all | E |
| I shout with all my might and main | B |
| But you're so deaf Matilda Jane | B |
| - | |
| Matilda Jane you needn't mind | F |
| For though you're deaf and dumb and blind | F |
| There's some one loves you it is plain | B |
| And that is me Matilda Jane | B |
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Mary White: I have known this poem all my life and have found it running through my head
for so many years.
It is not about a doll any longer but now it can be addressed to my grown child!
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