To R. L. S. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFCGFHFFIJK LCMFNO| A child | A |
| Curious and innocent | B |
| Slips from his Nurse and rejoicing | C |
| Loses himself in the Fair | D |
| - | |
| Thro' the jostle and din | E |
| Wandering he revels | F |
| Dreaming desiring possessing | C |
| Till of a sudden | G |
| Tired and afraid he beholds | F |
| The sordid assemblage | H |
| Just as it is and he runs | F |
| With a sob to his Nurse | F |
| Lighting at last on him | I |
| And in her motherly bosom | J |
| Cries him to sleep | K |
| - | |
| Thus thro' the World | L |
| Seeing and feeling and knowing | C |
| Goes Man till at last | M |
| Tired of experience he turns | F |
| To the friendly and comforting breast | N |
| Of the old nurse Death | O |
William Ernest Henley
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