The Sand-man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHGGH| I know a man | A |
| With face of tan | A |
| But who is ever kind | B |
| Whom girls and boys | C |
| Leaves games and toys | C |
| Each eventide to find | B |
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| When day grows dim | D |
| They watch for him | D |
| He comes to place his claim | E |
| He wears the crown | F |
| Of Dreaming town | F |
| The sand man is his name | E |
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| When sparkling eyes | G |
| Troop sleepywise | G |
| And busy lips grow dumb | H |
| When little heads | G |
| Nod toward the beds | G |
| We know the sand man's come | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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