To A Child Embracing His Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACADEDEDFGFGFHIHIH JKJKJ| Love thy mother little one | A |
| Kiss and clasp her neck again | B |
| Hereafter she may have a son | A |
| Will kiss and clasp her neck in vain | C |
| Love thy mother little one | A |
| Gaze upon her living eyes | D |
| And mirror back her love for thee | E |
| Hereafter thou mayst shudder sighs | D |
| To meet them when they cannot see | E |
| Gaze upon her living eyes | D |
| Press her lips the while they glow | F |
| With love that they have often told | G |
| Hereafter thou mayst press in woe | F |
| And kiss them till thine own are cold | G |
| Press her lips the while they glow | F |
| Oh revere her raven hair | H |
| Although it be not silver gray | I |
| Too early Death led on by Care | H |
| May snatch save one dear lock away | I |
| Oh revere her raven hair | H |
| Pray for her at eve and morn | J |
| That Heaven may long the stroke defer | K |
| For thou mayst live the hour forlorn | J |
| When thou wilt ask to die with her | K |
| Pray for her at eve and morn | J |
Thomas Hood
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