To A Baby. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCCBCBCBCADEFEEDG DEDE| I | A |
| Two hands that hold the world in fee | B |
| So tender yet so bold | C |
| Whatever life has now for me | B |
| Two hands that hold | C |
| What magic lies in them enroll'd | C |
| What wondrous alchemy | B |
| Transmuting thus life's lead to gold | C |
| Until that thought shall cease to be | B |
| Until my heart is cold | C |
| I'd only clasp how tenderly | B |
| Two hands that hold | C |
| II | A |
| Two soft blue eyes whose light has lit | D |
| Two hearts as stars that rise | E |
| Love's lights within the infinite | F |
| Two soft blue eyes | E |
| No fancy may their charm surmise | E |
| But those who have felt it | D |
| Breathe as it were in Paradise | G |
| Life's meanings there like shadows flit | D |
| As in a dream's disguise | E |
| Two spirits lurked in them to wit | D |
| Two soft blue eyes | E |
Robert Crawford
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