Reeds Of Innocence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB C D E FD G GH FCID| Piping down the valleys wild | A |
| Piping songs of pleasant glee | B |
| On a cloud I saw a child | A |
| And he laughing said to me | B |
| - | |
| 'Pipe a song about a Lamb ' | - |
| So I piped with merry cheer | C |
| 'Piper pipe that song again ' | - |
| So I piped he wept to hear | D |
| - | |
| 'Drop thy pipe thy happy pipe | E |
| Sing thy songs of happy cheer ' | - |
| So I sung the same again | F |
| While he wept with joy to hear | D |
| - | |
| 'Piper sit thee down and write | G |
| In a book that all may read ' | - |
| So he vanish'd from my sight | G |
| And I pluck'd a hollow reed | H |
| - | |
| And I made a rural pen | F |
| And I stain'd the water clear | C |
| And I wrote my happy songs | I |
| Every child may joy to hear | D |
William Blake
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