Song by the Window Before Bed
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
Little Star, little Star,
Come down quick.
The Moon is a bogey-man;
He'll eat you certain if he can.
Little Star, little Star,
Come down quick!
Little Star, little Star,
Whisper "Yes."
The trees are just niggers all,
They look so black, the are so tall.
Little Star, little Star,
Whisper "Yes"
Little Star, little Star,
Gone--all gone.
The bogey-man swallowed you,
The n*gger trees are laughing too.
Little Star, little Star,
Gone--all gone.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABccAB ADeeAD AFggAF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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