The Sandpiper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABAB CBCBDBDB EBEFEBEB GFGBHBHB| Across the narrow beach we flit | A |
| One little sandpiper and I | B |
| And fast I gather bit by bit | A |
| The scattered driftwood bleached and dry | B |
| The wild waves reach their hands for it | A |
| The wild wind raves the tide runs high | B |
| As up and down the beach we flit | A |
| One little sandpiper and I | B |
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| Above our heads the sullen clouds | C |
| Scud black and swift across the sky | B |
| Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds | C |
| Stand out the white lighthouses high | B |
| Almost as far as eye can reach | D |
| I see the close reefed vessels fly | B |
| As fast we flit along the beach | D |
| One little sandpiper and I | B |
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| I watch him as he skims along | E |
| Uttering his sweet and mournful cry | B |
| He starts not at my fitful song | E |
| Or flash of fluttering drapery | F |
| He has no thought of any wrong | E |
| He scans me with a fearless eye | B |
| Staunch friends are we well tried and strong | E |
| The little sandpiper and I | B |
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| Comrade where wilt thou be to night | G |
| When the loosed storm breaks furiously | F |
| My driftwood fire will burn so bright | G |
| To what warm shelter canst thou fly | B |
| I do not fear for thee though wroth | H |
| The tempest rushes through the sky | B |
| For are we not God's children both | H |
| Thou little sandpiper and I | B |
Celia Thaxter
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