The Shark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHA AEIJKLMNOPQ ACAIIBLIRS| He seemed to know the harbour | A |
| So leisurely he swam | B |
| His fin | C |
| Like a piece of sheet iron | D |
| Three cornered | E |
| And with knife edge | F |
| Stirred not a bubble | G |
| As it moved | H |
| With its base line on the water | A |
| - | |
| His body was tubular | A |
| And tapered | E |
| And smoke blue | I |
| And as he passed the wharf | J |
| He turned | K |
| And snapped at a flat fish | L |
| That was dead and floating | M |
| And I saw the flash of a white throat | N |
| And a double row of white teeth | O |
| And eyes of metallic grey | P |
| Hard and narrow and slit | Q |
| - | |
| Then out of the harbour | A |
| With that three cornered fin | C |
| Shearing without a bubble the water | A |
| Lithely | I |
| Leisurely | I |
| He swam | B |
| That strange fish | L |
| Tubular tapered smoke blue | I |
| Part vulture part wolf | R |
| Part neither for his blood was cold | S |
E. J. Pratt
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