The Unseen Playmate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGG HHII JJKK| When children are playing alone on the green | A |
| In comes the playmate that never was seen | A |
| When children are happy and lonely and good | B |
| The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood | B |
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| Nobody heard him and nobody saw | C |
| His is a picture you never could draw | C |
| But he's sure to be present abroad or at home | D |
| When children are happy and playing alone | E |
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| He lies in the laurels he runs on the grass | F |
| He sings when you tinkle the musical glass | F |
| Whene'er you are happy and cannot tell why | G |
| The Friend of the Children is sure to be by | G |
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| He loves to be little he hates to be big | H |
| 'Tis he that inhabits the caves that you dig | H |
| 'Tis he when you play with your soldiers of tin | I |
| That sides with the Frenchmen and never can win | I |
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| 'Tis he when at night you go off to your bed | J |
| Bids you go to your sleep and not trouble your head | J |
| For wherever they're lying in cupboard or shelf | K |
| 'Tis he will take care of your playthings himself | K |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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