Half-waking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHAIAI| I thought it was the little bed | A |
| I slept in long ago | B |
| A straight white curtain at the head | A |
| And two smooth knobs below | B |
| I thought I saw the nursery fire | C |
| And in a chair well known | D |
| My mother sat and did not tire | C |
| With reading all alone | D |
| If I should make the slightest sound | E |
| To show that I'm awake | F |
| She'd rise and lap the blankets round | E |
| My pillow softly shake | F |
| Kiss me and turn my face to see | G |
| The shadows on the wall | H |
| And then sing Rousseau's Dream to me | G |
| Till fast asleep I fall | H |
| But this is not my little bed | A |
| That time is far away | I |
| With strangers now I live instead | A |
| From dreary day to day | I |
William Allingham
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