A Serenade. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABB AAAACC AAAADD AEAAFF AAAAGG AAAAHH| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Thus I heard a father cry | A |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| The brat will never shut an eye | A |
| Hither come some power divine | B |
| Close his lids or open mine | B |
| - | |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| What the devil makes him cry | A |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Still he stares I wonder why | A |
| Why are not the sons of earth | C |
| Blind like puppies from the birth | C |
| - | |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Thus I heard the father cry | A |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Mary you must come and try | A |
| Hush oh hush for mercy's sake | D |
| The more I sing the more you wake | D |
| - | |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Fie you little creature fie | E |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Is no poppy syrup nigh | A |
| Give him some or give him all | F |
| I am nodding to his fall | F |
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| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Two such nights and I shall die | A |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| He'll be bruised and so shall I | A |
| How can I from bedposts keep | G |
| When I'm walking in my sleep | G |
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| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Sleep his very looks deny | A |
| Lullaby oh lullaby | A |
| Nature soon will stupefy | A |
| My nerves relax my eyes grow dim | H |
| Who's that fallen me or him | H |
Thomas Hood
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