A Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADB AEAE AAEEE FGHIGIH JKJKJ JKKK F LMNMNM OPOP OOPOO| In her wimple of wind and her slippers of sleep | A |
| The twilight comes like a little goose girl | B |
| Herding her owls with many'tu whoos ' | C |
| Her little brown owls in the woodland deep | A |
| Where dimly she walks in her whispering shoes | D |
| And gown of glimmering pearl | B |
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| Sleep sleep little one sleep | A |
| This is the road to Rockaby Town | E |
| Rockaby lullaby where dreams are cheap | A |
| Here you can buy any dream for a crown | E |
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| Sleep sleep little one sleep | A |
| The cradle you lie in is soft and is deep | A |
| The wagon that takes you to Rockaby Town | E |
| Now you go up sweet now you go down | E |
| Rockaby lullaby now you go down | E |
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| II | F |
| And after the twilight comes midnight who wears | G |
| A mantle of purple so old so old | H |
| Who stables the lily white moon it is said | I |
| In a wonderful chamber with violet stairs | G |
| Up which you can see her come silent of tread | I |
| On hoofs of pale silver and gold | H |
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| Dream dream little one dream | J |
| This is the way to Lullaby Land | K |
| Lullaby rockaby where white as cream | J |
| Sugar plum bowers dropp sweets in your hand | K |
| Dream dream little one dream | J |
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| The cradle you lie in is tight at each seam | J |
| The boat that goes sailing to Lullaby Land | K |
| Over the sea sweet over the sand | K |
| Lullaby rockaby over the sand | K |
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| III | F |
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| The twilight and midnight are lovers you know | L |
| And each to the other is true is true | M |
| And there on the moon through the heavens they ride | N |
| With the little brown owls all huddled arow | M |
| Through meadows of heaven where every side | N |
| Blossom the stars and the dew | M |
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| Rest rest little one rest | O |
| Rockaby Town is in Lullaby Isle | P |
| Rockaby lullaby set like a nest | O |
| Deep in the heart of a song and a smile | P |
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| Rest rest little one rest | O |
| The cradle you lie in is warm as my breast | O |
| The white bird that bears you to Lullaby Isle | P |
| Out of the East sweet into the West | O |
| Rockaby lullaby into the West | O |
Madison Julius Cawein
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