Sand-between-the-toes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCDC EEFF CCCDC GGHH IICJC| I went down to the shouting sea | A |
| Taking Christopher down with me | A |
| For Nurse had given us sixpence each | B |
| And down we went to the beach | B |
| - | |
| We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose | C |
| And sand in the hair and sand between the toes | C |
| Whenever a good nor'wester blows | C |
| Christopher is certain of | D |
| Sand between the toes | C |
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| - | |
| The sea was galloping grey and white | E |
| Christopher clutched his sixpence tight | E |
| We clambered over the humping sand | F |
| And Christopher held my hand | F |
| - | |
| We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose | C |
| And sand in the hair and sand between the toes | C |
| Whenever a good nor'wester blows | C |
| Christopher is certain of | D |
| Sand between the toes | C |
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| There was a roaring in the sky | G |
| The sea gulls cried as they blew by | G |
| We tried to talk but had to shout | H |
| Nobody else was out | H |
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| When we got home we had sand in the hair | I |
| In the eyes and the ears and everywhere | I |
| Whenever a good nor'wester blows | C |
| Christopher is found with | J |
| Sand between the toes | C |
Alan Alexander Milne
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