Shelter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCB DAEAFFFA GHGGH| By the wide lake's margin I mark'd her lie | A |
| The wide weird lake where the alders sigh | A |
| A young fair thing with a shy soft eye | A |
| And I deem'd that her thoughts had flown | B |
| To her home and her brethren and sisters dear | C |
| As she lay there watching the dark deep mere | C |
| All motionless all alone | B |
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| Then I heard a noise as of men and boys | D |
| And a boisterous troop drew nigh | A |
| Whither now will retreat those fairy feet | E |
| Where hide till the storm pass by | A |
| One glance the wild glance of a hunted thing | F |
| She cast behind her she gave one spring | F |
| And there follow'd a splash and a broadening ring | F |
| On the lake where the alders sigh | A |
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| She had gone from the ken of ungentle men | G |
| Yet scarce did I mourn for that | H |
| For I knew she was safe in her own home then | G |
| And the danger past would appear again | G |
| For she was a water rat | H |
Charles Stuart Calverley
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