The Little People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACACCCCDDEEFFEF G DHDHDIDIJKJDDEEFFEF G ADADLBMBNANADDEEFFEF| When the lily nods in slumber | A |
| And the roses all are sleeping | B |
| When the night hangs deep and umber | A |
| And the stars their watch are keeping | B |
| When the clematis uncloses | C |
| Like a hand of snowy fire | A |
| And the golden lipped primroses | C |
| To the tiger moths' desire | A |
| Each a mouth of musk unpuckers | C |
| Silken pouts of scented sweetness | C |
| That they sip with honey suckers | C |
| Shod with hush and winged with fleetness | C |
| You may see the Little People | D |
| 'Round and 'round the drowsy steeple | D |
| Of a belfried hollyhock | E |
| Clothed in phlox and four o'clock | E |
| Gay of gown and pantaloon | F |
| Dancing by the glimmering moon | F |
| Till the cock the long necked cock | E |
| Crows them they must vanish soon | F |
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| II | G |
| - | |
| When the cobweb is a cradle | D |
| For the dreaming dew to sleep in | H |
| And each blossom is a ladle | D |
| That the perfumed rain lies deep in | H |
| When the gleaming fireflies scribble | D |
| Darkness as with lines flame tragic | I |
| And the night seems some dim sibyl | D |
| Speaking gold or wording magic | I |
| Silent syllabled and golden | J |
| Capped with snapdragon and hooded | K |
| With the sweet pea vague beholden | J |
| You may see the Little People | D |
| Underneath the sleepy steeple | D |
| Of a towering mullen stock | E |
| Trip it over moss and rock | E |
| To the owlet's elvish tune | F |
| And the tree toad's gnome bassoon | F |
| Till the cock the barnyard cock | E |
| Crows them they must vanish soon | F |
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| III | G |
| - | |
| When the wind upon the water | A |
| Seems a boat of ray and ripple | D |
| That some fairy moonbeam daughter | A |
| Steers with sails that drift and dripple | D |
| When the sound of grig and cricket | L |
| Ever singing ever humming | B |
| Seems a goblin in the thicket | M |
| On his elfin viol strumming | B |
| When the toadstool coned and milky | N |
| Heaves a roof for snails to clamber | A |
| Thistledown and milkweed silky | N |
| With loose locks of jade and amber | A |
| You may see the Little People | D |
| Underneath the pixy steeple | D |
| Of a dom d mushroom flock | E |
| Quaint in wildflower vest and frock | E |
| Whirling by the waning moon | F |
| To the whippoorwill's weird tune | F |
| Till the cock the far off cock | E |
| Crows them they must vanish soon | F |
Madison Julius Cawein
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