A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG HHGG EEII JJKK LLKK LLMM| Sweet dreams form a shade | A |
| O'er my lovely infant's head | B |
| Sweet dreams of pleasant streams | C |
| By happy silent moony beams | C |
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| Sweet Sleep with soft down | D |
| Weave thy brows an infant crown | D |
| Sweet Sleep angel mild | E |
| Hover o'er my happy child | E |
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| Sweet smiles in the night | F |
| Hover over my delight | F |
| Sweet smiles mother's smile | G |
| All the livelong night beguile | G |
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| Sweet moans dovelike sighs | H |
| Chase not slumber from thine eyes | H |
| Sweet moan sweeter smile | G |
| All the dovelike moans beguile | G |
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| Sleep sleep happy child | E |
| All creation slept and smiled | E |
| Sleep sleep happy sleep | I |
| While o'er thee doth mother weep | I |
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| Sweet babe in thy face | J |
| Holy image I can trace | J |
| Sweet babe once like thee | K |
| Thy Maker lay and wept for me | K |
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| Wept for me for thee for all | L |
| When He was an infant small | L |
| Thou His image ever see | K |
| Heavenly face that smiles on thee | K |
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| Smiles on thee on me on all | L |
| Who became an infant small | L |
| Infant smiles are his own smiles | M |
| Heaven and earth to peace beguiles | M |
William Blake
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