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The Little Girl and her Doll

Adelbert Von Chamisso 1781 – 1838

All you do for your children,
For my Doll I do instead,
And in her little cradle
She lies beside my bed.
When she sleeps, I dream about her,
When she cries, I wake up too.
My own, dear, darling Mother,
I'm just as rich as you!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABCBDEDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 227
Words 49
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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Adelbert Von Chamisso

Adelbert von Chamisso was a German poet and botanist. more…

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