Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCA DEDEFFG HIHIJJH| Sleep sleep on Mother's breast | A |
| Child my child | B |
| Close within my arms be pressed | A |
| O the world is vast and wild | B |
| Filled with hurt and war and cries | C |
| Under my eyes close your eyes | C |
| On my breast rest and nest | A |
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| Sleep come soft as water flows | D |
| Eyes close bind | E |
| Gentle Sleep that never grows | D |
| Old indifferent or unkind | E |
| O but Sleep can never hold you | F |
| As my arms my darling fold you | F |
| Fold you close fold you close | G |
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| Sleep can take you far away | H |
| Little heart | I |
| O but in my heart you stay | H |
| From my heart you cannot part | I |
| Though the world you wandered Sweet | J |
| From my heart those little feet | J |
| Never stray night or day | H |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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