Wishes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGEEEHIJIKLML NOPONEQE| I wish for such a lot of things | A |
| That never will come true | B |
| And yet I want them all so much | C |
| I think they might don't you | B |
| I want a little kitty cat | D |
| That's soft and tame and sweet | E |
| And every day I watch and hope | F |
| I'll find one in the street | E |
| But nursie says 'Come walk along | G |
| 'Don't stand and stare like that' | E |
| I'm only looking hard and hard | E |
| To try to find my cat | E |
| And then I want a blue balloon | H |
| That tries to fly away | I |
| I thought if I wished hard enough | J |
| That it would come some day | I |
| One time when I was in the park | K |
| I knew that it would be | L |
| Beside the big old clock at home | M |
| A waiting there for me | L |
| And soon as we got home again | N |
| I hurried thro' the hall | O |
| And looked beside the big old clock | P |
| It wasn't there at all | O |
| I think I'll never wish again | N |
| But then what shall I do | E |
| The wishes are a lot of fun | Q |
| Altho' they don't come true | E |
Sara Teasdale
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