My Little Ghost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC BDEBE FBGFG BHDBD BIJBJ IKCIC LBBLB MNOMO KPDKD| I know where it lurks and hides | A |
| In the midst of the busy house | B |
| In the midst of the children's glee | C |
| All clay its shadow bides | B |
| Nobody knows but me | C |
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| On a closet shelf it dwells | B |
| In the darkest corner of all | D |
| Mid rolls of woollen and fur | E |
| And faint forgotten smells | B |
| Of last year's lavender | E |
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| That a ghost has its dwelling there | F |
| Nobody else would guess | B |
| Only a baby's shoe | G |
| A curl of golden hair | F |
| You would say a toy or two | G |
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| A broken doll whose lips | B |
| And cheeks of waxen bloom | H |
| Show dents of fingers small | D |
| Little fair finger tips | B |
| A worn sash that is all | D |
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| Little to see or to guess | B |
| But whenever I open the door | I |
| There faithful to its post | J |
| With its eyes' sad tenderness | B |
| I see my little ghost | J |
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| And I hasten to shut the door | I |
| I shut it tight and fast | K |
| Lest the sweet sad thing get free | C |
| Lest it flit beside on the floor | I |
| And sadden the day for me | C |
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| Lest between me and the sun | L |
| And between me and the heavens | B |
| And the laugh in the children's eyes | B |
| The shadowy feet should run | L |
| The faint gold curls arise | B |
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| Like a gleam of moonlight pale | M |
| And all the warmth and the light | N |
| Should die from the summer day | O |
| And the laughter turn to wail | M |
| And I should forget to pray | O |
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| So I keep the door shut fast | K |
| And my little ghost shut in | P |
| And whenever I cross the hall | D |
| I shiver and hurry past | K |
| But I love it best of all | D |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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