Bo-peep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC BEEE ECFC GHIH HJKJ| A | |
| Little Bo Peep she lost her sheep | B |
| And didn't know where to find them | C |
| Let them alone they'll all come home | D |
| And bring their tails behind them | C |
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| Little Bo Peep fell fast asleep | B |
| And dreamt she heard them bleating | E |
| But when she awoke she found it a joke | E |
| For they were still a fleeting | E |
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| Then up she took her little crook | E |
| Determined for to find them | C |
| She found them indeed but it made her heart bleed | F |
| For they'd left their tails behind them | C |
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| It happened one day as Bo Peep did stray | G |
| Into a meadow hard by | H |
| There she espied their tails side by side | I |
| All hung on a tree to dry | H |
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| She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye | H |
| Then went o'er hill and dale | J |
| And tried what she could as a shepherdess should | K |
| To tack to each sheep its tail | J |
Walter Crane
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