A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG HHGG EEII JJKK LLKK LLMMSweet 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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