By The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JHKH LMNO PQRH| I started early took my dog | A |
| And visited the sea | B |
| The mermaids in the basement | C |
| Came out to look at me | B |
| - | |
| And frigates in the upper floor | D |
| Extended hempen hands | E |
| Presuming me to be a mouse | F |
| Aground upon the sands | E |
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| But no man moved me till the tide | G |
| Went past my simple shoe | H |
| And past my apron and my belt | I |
| And past my bodice too | H |
| - | |
| And made as he would eat me up | J |
| As wholly as a dew | H |
| Upon a dandelion's sleeve | K |
| And then I started too | H |
| - | |
| And he he followed close behind | L |
| I felt his silver heel | M |
| Upon my ankle then my shoes | N |
| Would overflow with pearl | O |
| - | |
| Until we met the solid town | P |
| No man he seemed to know | Q |
| And bowing with a mighty look | R |
| At me the sea withdrew | H |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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