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