In The Shallows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGBGB CGCGGHGH| AMONG the shallows where the sand | A |
| Is golden and the waves are small | B |
| I love to lie and to my hand | A |
| How many little treasures fall | B |
| What shells and seaweed grace the shore | C |
| What happy birds on happy wings | D |
| And for companions what a store | C |
| Of humble happy living things | D |
| - | |
| Yet the sea's depths are also mine | E |
| And in the old days I used to dive | F |
| Into the caves where corals shine | E |
| And where the shimmering mer folk live | F |
| I am the master of the sea | G |
| In deeps where fairy flowers uncurl | B |
| That treasure house belongs to me | G |
| Those amber halls those stairs of pearl | B |
| - | |
| But now thereto I go no more | C |
| Because of all the argosies | G |
| Deep sunk upon the ocean floor | C |
| Where all the world's lost treasure lies | G |
| Where loveless laughter curls the lips | G |
| Of wild sea creatures at their sport | H |
| About the bones of noble ships | G |
| My ships that never came to port | H |
Edith Nesbit
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