Strayed Crab Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDFGDHIJHKLMNOBP QRSCRTUDUVWThis is not my home How did I get so far from water It must | A |
be over that way somewhere | B |
I am the color of wine of tinta The inside of my powerful | C |
right claw is saffron yellow See I see it now I wave it like a | D |
flag I am dapper and elegant I move with great precision | E |
cleverly managing all my smaller yellow claws I believe in the | D |
oblique the indirect approach and I keep my feelings to myself | F |
But on this strange smooth surface I am making too much | G |
noise I wasn't meant for this If I maneuver a bit and keep a | D |
sharp lookout I shall find my pool again Watch out for my right | H |
claw all passersby This place is too hard The rain has stopped | I |
and it is damp but still not wet enough to please me | J |
My eyes are good though small my shell is tough and tight | H |
In my own pool are many small gray fish I see right through | K |
them Only their large eyes are opaque and twitch at me They | L |
are hard to catch but I I catch them quickly in my arms and | M |
eat them up | N |
What is that big soft monster like a yellow cloud stifling | O |
and warm What is it doing It pats my back Out claw There | B |
I have frightened it away It's sitting down pretending nothing's | P |
happened I'll skirt it It's still pretending not to see me Out of | Q |
my way O monster I own a pool all the little fish that swim in it | R |
and all the skittering waterbugs that smell like rotten apples | S |
Cheer up O grievous snail I tap your shell encouragingly | C |
not that you will ever know about it | R |
And I want nothing to do with you either sulking toad | T |
Imagine at least four times my size and yet so vulnerable I | U |
could open your belly with my claw You glare and bulge a | D |
watchdog near my pool you make a loud and hollow noise I | U |
do not care for such stupidity I admire compression lightness | V |
and agility all rare in this loose world | W |
Elizabeth Bishop
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