Moon Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL AMAMNO PQPQRR| A child saw in the morning skies | A |
| The dissipated looking moon | B |
| And opened wide her big blue eyes | A |
| And cried Look look my lost balloon | B |
| And clapped her rosy hands with glee | C |
| Quick mother Bring it back to me | C |
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| A poet in a lilied pond | D |
| Espied the moon's reflected charms | E |
| And ravished by that beauty blonde | D |
| Leapt out to clasp her in his arms | E |
| And as he'd never learnt to swim | F |
| Poor fool that was the end of him | F |
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| A rustic glimpsed amid the trees | G |
| The bluff moon caught as in a snare | H |
| They say it do be made of cheese | G |
| Said Giles and that a chap bides there | H |
| That Blue Boar ale be strong I vow | I |
| The lad's a winkin' at me now | I |
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| Two lovers watched the new moon hold | J |
| The old moon in her bright embrace | K |
| Said she There's mother pale and old | J |
| And drawing near her resting place | K |
| Said he Be mine and with me wed | L |
| Moon high she stared she shook her head | L |
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| A soldier saw with dying eyes | A |
| The bleared moon like a ball of blood | M |
| And thought of how in other skies | A |
| So pearly bright on leaf and bud | M |
| Like peace its soft white beams had lain | N |
| Like Peace He closed his eyes again | O |
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| Child lover poet soldier clown | P |
| Ah yes old Moon what things you've seen | Q |
| I marvel now as you look down | P |
| How can your face be so serene | Q |
| And tranquil still you'll make your round | R |
| Old Moon when we are underground | R |
Robert Service
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