Young Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH BIBIJKJK| Her baby was so full of glee | A |
| And through the day | B |
| It laughed and babbled on her knee | A |
| In happy play | B |
| It pulled her hair all out of curl | C |
| With noisy joy | D |
| So peppy she was glad her girl | C |
| Was not a boy | D |
| - | |
| Then as she longed for it to sleep | E |
| To her surprise | F |
| It just relaxed within her keep | E |
| With closing eyes | F |
| And as it lay upon her breast | G |
| So still its breath | H |
| So exquisite its utter rest | G |
| It looked like death | H |
| - | |
| It seemed like it had slipped away | B |
| To shadow land | I |
| With tiny face like tinted clay | B |
| And waxen hand | I |
| No ghost of sigh no living look | J |
| Then with an ache | K |
| Of panic fear and love she shook | J |
| Her babe awake | K |
Robert William Service
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