The Story Of Grumble Tone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCC DDDEEE FFFGGG| There was a boy named Grumble Tone who ran away to sea | A |
| 'I'm sick of things on land ' he said 'as sick as I can be | A |
| A life upon the bounding wave is just the life for me ' | B |
| But the seething ocean billows failed to stimulate his mirth | C |
| For he did not like the vessel or the dizzy rolling berth | C |
| And he thought the sea was almost as unpleasant as the earth | C |
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| He wandered into foreign lands he saw each wondrous sight | D |
| But nothing that he heard or saw seemed just exactly right | D |
| And so he journeyed on and on still seeking for delight | D |
| He talked with kings and ladies grand he dined in courts they say | E |
| But always found the people dull and longed to get away | E |
| To search for that mysterious land where he should want to stay | E |
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| He wandered over all the world his hair grew white as snow | F |
| He reached that final bourne at last where all of us must go | F |
| But never found the land he sought the reason would you know | F |
| The reason was that north or south where'er his steps were bent | G |
| On land or sea in court or hall he found but discontent | G |
| For he took his disposition with him everywhere he went | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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