The Shag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ABCB CDED CFBF GHIH AJKJ KBLB CMBM| What is that great bird sister tell me | A |
| Perched high on the top of the crag | B |
| 'T is the cormorant dear little brother | C |
| The fishermen call it the shag | B |
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| But what does it there sister tell me | A |
| Sitting lonely against the black sky | B |
| It has settled to rest little brother | C |
| It hears the wild gale wailing high | B |
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| But I am afraid of it sister | C |
| For over the sea and the land | D |
| It gazes so black and so silent | E |
| Little brother hold fast to my hand | D |
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| Oh what was that sister The thunder | C |
| Did the shag bring the storm and the cloud | F |
| The wind and the rain and the lightning | B |
| Little brother the thunder roars loud | F |
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| Run fast for the rain sweeps the ocean | G |
| Look over the light house it streams | H |
| And the lightning leaps red and above us | I |
| The gulls fill the air with their screams | H |
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| O'er the beach o'er the rocks running swiftly | A |
| The little white cottage they gain | J |
| And safely they watch from the window | K |
| The dance and the rush of the rain | J |
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| But the shag kept his place on the headland | K |
| And when the brief storm had gone by | B |
| He shook his loose plumes and they saw him | L |
| Rise splendid and strong in the sky | B |
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| Clinging fast to the gown of his sister | C |
| The little boy laughed as he flew | M |
| He is gone with the wind and the lightning | B |
| And I am not frightened are you | M |
Celia Thaxter
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