Sandpiper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHG IJKJ LMNO| The roaring alongside he takes for granted | A |
| and that every so often the world is bound to shake | B |
| He runs he runs to the south finical awkward | C |
| in a state of controlled panic a student of Blake | B |
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| The beach hisses like fat On his left a sheet | D |
| of interrupting water comes and goes | E |
| and glazes over his dark and brittle feet | D |
| He runs he runs straight through it watching his toes | E |
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| Watching rather the spaces of sand between them | F |
| where no detail too small the Atlantic drains | G |
| rapidly backwards and downwards As he runs | H |
| he stares at the dragging grains | G |
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| The world is a mist And then the world is | I |
| minute and vast and clear The tide | J |
| is higher or lower He couldn't tell you which | K |
| His beak is focussed he is preoccupied | J |
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| looking for something something something | L |
| Poor bird he is obsessed | M |
| The millions of grains are black white tan and gray | N |
| mixed with quartz grains rose and amethyst | O |
Elizabeth Bishop
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