The Little Land Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGHGH IIJJKKAALJLJJJ LLGGAAAAAA AABBMNOOPQ RSTTUUVVGGGGAAWhen at home alone I sit | A |
And am very tired of it | A |
I have just to shut my eyes | B |
To go sailing through the skies | B |
To go sailing far away | C |
To the pleasant Land of Play | C |
To the fairy land afar | D |
Where the Little People are | D |
Where the clover tops are trees | E |
And the rain pools are the seas | E |
And the leaves like little ships | F |
Sail about on tiny trips | F |
And above the Daisy tree | G |
Through the grasses | H |
High o'erhead the Bumble Bee | G |
Hums and passes | H |
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In that forest to and fro | I |
I can wander I can go | I |
See the spider and the fly | J |
And the ants go marching by | J |
Carrying parcels with their feet | K |
Down the green and grassy street | K |
I can in the sorrel sit | A |
Where the ladybird alit | A |
I can climb the jointed grass | L |
And on high | J |
See the greater swallows pass | L |
In the sky | J |
And the round sun rolling by | J |
Heeding no such things as I | J |
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Through that forest I can pass | L |
Till as in a looking glass | L |
Humming fly and daisy tree | G |
And my tiny self I see | G |
Painted very clear and neat | A |
On the rain pool at my feet | A |
Should a leaflet come to land | A |
Drifting near to where I stand | A |
Straight I'll board that tiny boat | A |
Round the rain pool sea to float | A |
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Little thoughtful creatures sit | A |
On the grassy coasts of it | A |
Little things with lovely eyes | B |
See me sailing with surprise | B |
Some are clad in armour green | M |
These have sure to battle been | N |
Some are pied with ev'ry hue | O |
Black and crimson gold and blue | O |
Some have wings and swift are gone | P |
But they all look kindly on | Q |
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When my eyes I once again | R |
Open and see all things plain | S |
High bare walls great bare floor | T |
Great big knobs on drawer and door | T |
Great big people perched on chairs | U |
Stitching tucks and mending tears | U |
Each a hill that I could climb | V |
And talking nonsense all the time | V |
O dear me | G |
That I could be | G |
A sailor on a the rain pool sea | G |
A climber in the clover tree | G |
And just come back a sleepy head | A |
Late at night to go to bed | A |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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