Christina Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEFFE GHIIH ABDDB| It all began so easy | A |
| With bricks upon the floor | B |
| Building motley houses | C |
| And knocking down your houses | C |
| And always building more | B |
| - | |
| The doll was called Christina | D |
| Her under wear was lace | E |
| She smiled while you dressed her | F |
| And when you then undressed her | F |
| She kept a smiling face | E |
| - | |
| Until the day she tumbled | G |
| And broke herself in two | H |
| And her legs and arms were hollow | I |
| And her yellow head was hollow | I |
| Behind her eyes of blue | H |
| - | |
| He went to bed with a lady | A |
| Somewhere seen before | B |
| He heard the name Christina | D |
| And suddenly saw Christina | D |
| Dead on the nursery floor | B |
Louis Macneice
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