Her Toys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI AHAICJCJ| I sat her in her baby chair | A |
| And set upon its tray | B |
| Her kewpie doll and teddy bear | A |
| But no she would not play | B |
| Although they looked so wistfully | C |
| Her favour to implore | D |
| She laughed at me with elfin glee | C |
| And dashed them to the floor | D |
| - | |
| I brought her lamb and circus clown | E |
| But it was just the same | F |
| With shrill of joy she threw them down | E |
| As if it were a game | F |
| Maybe it was for she would look | G |
| To see where they were lain | H |
| And act pathetic till I took | G |
| Her toys to her again | I |
| - | |
| To day there's just an empty chair | A |
| And 'mid a mist of pain | H |
| I'd give my life if she were there | A |
| To toss her toys again | I |
| A tiny ghost is all I see | C |
| Who laughs the while I cry | J |
| And lifts her little hands with glee | C |
| Unto the sky | J |
Robert William Service
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