North Beach Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBABAA CDCDCDDD DDDDDDDDD| Lo where the castle of bold Pfeiffer throws | A |
| Its sullen shadow on the rolling tide | B |
| No more the home where joy and wealth repose | A |
| But now where wassailers in cells abide | B |
| See yon long quay that stretches far and wide | B |
| Well known to citizens as wharf of Meiggs | A |
| There each sweet Sabbath walks in maiden pride | B |
| The pensive Margaret and brave Pat whose legs | A |
| Encased in broadcloth oft keep time with Peg's | A |
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| Here cometh oft the tender nursery maid | C |
| While in her ear her love his tale doth pour | D |
| Meantime her infant doth her charge evade | C |
| And rambleth sagely on the sandy shore | D |
| Till the sly sea crab low in ambush laid | C |
| Seizeth his leg and biteth him full sore | D |
| Ah me what sounds the shuddering echoes bore | D |
| When his small treble mixed with Ocean's roar | D |
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| Hard by there stands an ancient hostelrie | D |
| And at its side a garden where the bear | D |
| The stealthy catamount and coon agree | D |
| To work deceit on all who gather there | D |
| And when Augusta that unconscious fair | D |
| With nuts and apples plieth Bruin free | D |
| Lo the green parrot claweth her back hair | D |
| And the gray monkey grabbeth fruits that she | D |
| On her gay bonnet wears and laugheth loud in glee | D |
Bret Harte (francis)
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