The First Tooth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCD AAA EEE FFF GGG AAA| There once was a wood and a very thick wood | A |
| So thick that to walk was as much as you could | A |
| But a sunbeam got in and the trees understood | A |
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| I went to this wood at the end of the snows | B |
| And as I was walking I saw a primrose | B |
| Only one Shall I show you the place where it grows | B |
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| There once was a house and a very dark house | C |
| As dark I believe as the hole of a mouse | C |
| Or a tree in my wood at the thick of the boughs | D |
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| I went to this house and I searched it aright | A |
| I opened the chambers and I found a light | A |
| Only one Shall I show you this little lamp bright | A |
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| There once was a cave and this very dark cave | E |
| One day took a gift from an incoming wave | E |
| And I made up my mind to know what the sea gave | E |
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| I took a lit torch I walked round the ness | F |
| When the water was lowest and in a recess | F |
| In my cave was a jewel Will nobody guess | F |
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| O there was a baby he sat on my knee | G |
| With a pearl in his mouth that was precious to me | G |
| His little dark mouth like my cave of the sea | G |
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| I said to my heart And my jewel is bright | A |
| He blooms like a primrose He shines like a light | A |
| Put your hand in his mouth Do you feel He can bite | A |
William Brighty Rands
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