Sleep-stealer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHIJBKLMNOPQR QSBTABFIUVQWXYZA2| Who stole sleep from baby's eyes I must know | A |
| Clasping her pitcher to her waist mother went to fetch water | B |
| from the village near by | C |
| It was noon The children's playtime was over the ducks in | D |
| the pond were silent | E |
| The shepherd boy lay asleep under the shadow of the banyan | F |
| tree | G |
| The crane stood grave and still in the swamp near the mango | A |
| grove | H |
| In the meanwhile the Sleep stealer came and snatching sleep | I |
| from baby's eyes flew away | J |
| When mother came back she found baby travelling the room over | B |
| on all fours | K |
| Who stole sleep from our baby's eyes I must know I must find | L |
| her and chain her up | M |
| I must look into that dark cave where through boulders and | N |
| scowling stones trickles a tiny stream | O |
| I must search in the drowsy shade of the bakula grove where | P |
| pigeons coo in their corner and fairies' anklets tinkle in the | Q |
| stillness of starry nights | R |
| In the evening I will peep into the whispering silence of the | Q |
| bamboo forest where fireflies squander their light and will ask | S |
| every creature I meet Can anybody tell me where the Sleep stealer | B |
| lives | T |
| Who stole sleep from baby's eyes I must know | A |
| Shouldn't I give her a good lesson if I could only catch her | B |
| I would raid her nest and see where she hoards all her stolen | F |
| sleep | I |
| I would plunder it all and carry it home | U |
| I would bind her two wings securely set her on the bank of | V |
| the river and then let her play at fishing with a reed among the | Q |
| rushes and water lilies | W |
| When the marketing is over in the evening and the village | X |
| children sit in their mothers' laps then the night birds will | Y |
| mockingly din her ears with | Z |
| Whose sleep will you steal now | A2 |
Rabindranath Tagore
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