Liza May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCB DDB EEB BBB EEB FFB GGB HHB IIB CCB JJB KKB LLB BBB EEB MMB NNB EEB OPB| Little brown face full of smiles | A |
| And a baby's guileless wiles | A |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| Eyes a peeping thro' the fence | C |
| With an interest intense | C |
| Liza May | B |
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| Ah the gate is just ajar | D |
| And the meadow is not far | D |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| And the road feels very sweet | E |
| To your little toddling feet | E |
| Liza May | B |
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| Ah you roguish runaway | B |
| What will toiling mother say | B |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| What care you who smile to greet | E |
| Everyone you chance to meet | E |
| Liza May | B |
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| Soft the mill race sings its song | F |
| Just a little way along | F |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| But the song is full of guile | G |
| Turn ah turn your steps the while | G |
| Liza May | B |
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| You have caught the gleam and glow | H |
| Where the darkling waters flow | H |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| Flash of ripple bend of bough | I |
| Where are all the angels now | I |
| Liza May | B |
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| Now a mother's eyes intense | C |
| Gazing o'er a shabby fence | C |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| Then a mother's anguished face | J |
| Peering all around the place | J |
| Liza May | B |
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| Hear the agonizing call | K |
| For a mother's all in all | K |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| Hear a mother's maddened prayer | L |
| To the calm unanswering air | L |
| Liza May | B |
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| What's become of Liza May | B |
| What has darkened all the day | B |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| Ask the waters dark and fleet | E |
| If they know the smiling sweet | E |
| Liza May | B |
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| Call her call her as you will | M |
| On the meadow on the hill | M |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| Through the brush or beaten track | N |
| Echo only gives you back | N |
| Liza May | B |
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| Ah but you were loving sweet | E |
| On your little toddling feet | E |
| Liza May Liza May | B |
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| But through all the coming years | O |
| Must a mother breathe with tears | P |
| Liza May | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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