The Starved Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC BBB DDD EFF AAA| My little Lamb what is amiss | A |
| If there was milk in mother's kiss | A |
| You would not look as white as this | A |
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| The wolf of Hunger it is he | B |
| That takes away thy milk from me | B |
| And I have much to do for thee | B |
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| If thou couldst live on love I know | C |
| No babe in all the land could show | C |
| More rosy cheeks and louder crow | C |
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| Thy father's dead Alas for thee | B |
| I cannot keep this wolf from me | B |
| That takes thy milk so bold and free | B |
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| If thy dear father lived he'd drive | D |
| Away this beast with whom I strive | D |
| And thou my pretty Lamb wouldst thrive | D |
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| Ah my poor babe my love's so great | E |
| I'd swallow common rags for meat | F |
| If they could make milk rich and sweet | F |
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| My little Lamb what is amiss | A |
| Come I must wake thee with a kiss | A |
| For Death would own a sleep like this | A |
William Henry Davies
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