The Astronomer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJKLMNBOP| I only said When in the evening the round full moon gets | A |
| entangled among the beaches of that Dadam tree couldn't somebody | B |
| catch it | C |
| But dada laughed at me and said Baby you are the silliest | D |
| child I have ever known The moon is ever so far from us how could | E |
| anybody catch it | C |
| I said Dada how foolish you are When mother looks out of | F |
| her window and smiles down at us playing would you call her far | G |
| away | H |
| Still dada said You are a stupid child But baby where | I |
| could you find a net big enough to catch the moon with | J |
| I said Surely you could catch it with your hands | K |
| But dada laughed and said You are the silliest child I have | L |
| known If it came nearer you would see how big the moon is | M |
| I said Dada what nonsense they teach at your school When | N |
| mother bends her face down to kiss us does her face look very | B |
| big | O |
| But still dada says You are a stupid child | P |
Rabindranath Tagore
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