Monkeys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDEFGHICJCCCCCCC CEKELDMEDJNOBCCJ| Two little creatures | A |
| with faces the size of | B |
| a pair of pennies | C |
| are clasping each other | D |
| Ah do not leave me | E |
| One says to the other | D |
| in the high monkey | E |
| cage in the beast shop | F |
| there are no people | G |
| to gape at them now | H |
| for people are loth | I |
| peer in the dimness | C |
| have they not builded | J |
| streets and playhouses | C |
| sky sign and bars | C |
| to lose the lonlieness | C |
| shaking the hearts | C |
| of the two little monkeys | C |
| Yes but who watches | C |
| the penny small faces | C |
| can hear the voices | C |
| Ah do not leave me | E |
| suck i wil give you | K |
| warmth and clasping | E |
| and if you slip from | L |
| this beam can never | D |
| find you again | M |
| Dim is the evening | E |
| and chill is the weather | D |
| there drawn from their coloured | J |
| hemisphere | N |
| the apes lilliputian | O |
| with faces the size of | B |
| a pair of pennies | C |
| and voices as low as | C |
| the flow of my blood | J |
Padraic Colum
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< A Seer Poem
Bison Poem>>
About Monkeys
Monkeys is a poem by Padraic Colum. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Monkeys poem by Padraic Colum
Best Poems of Padraic Colum