The Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIJ KLKLMNMN| Your children grow from you apart | A |
| Afar and still afar | B |
| And yet it should rejoice your heart | A |
| To see how glad they are | B |
| In school and sport in work and play | C |
| And last in wedded bliss | D |
| How others claim with joy to day | C |
| The lips you used to kiss | D |
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| Your children distant will become | E |
| And wide the gulf will grow | F |
| The lips of loving will be dumb | E |
| The trust you used to know | F |
| Will in another's heart repose | G |
| Another's voice will cheer | H |
| And you will fondle baby clothes | I |
| And brush away a tear | J |
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| But though you are estranged almost | K |
| And often lost to view | L |
| How you will see a little ghost | K |
| Who ran to cling to you | L |
| Yet maybe children's children will | M |
| Caress you with a smile | N |
| Grandmother love will bless you still | M |
| Well just a little while | N |
Robert William Service
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