Alaskan Balladry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDCEE FFGGCCCCCC AACCBBHH EEAACCEEEII CC CCC AABBC EEAAACCC| Krinken was a little child | A |
| It was summer when he smiled | A |
| Oft the hoary sea and grim | B |
| Stretched its white arms out to him | B |
| Calling 'Sun child come to me | C |
| Let me warm my heart with thee ' | D |
| But the child heard not the sea | C |
| Calling yearning evermore | E |
| For the summer on the shore | E |
| - | |
| Krinken on the beach one day | F |
| Saw a maiden Nis at play | F |
| On the pebbly beach she played | G |
| In the summer Krinken made | G |
| Fair and very fair was she | C |
| Just a little child was he | C |
| 'Krinken ' said the maiden Nis | C |
| 'Let me have a little kiss | C |
| Just a kiss and go with me | C |
| To the summer lands that be | C |
| Down within the silver sea ' | - |
| - | |
| Krinken was a little child | A |
| By the maiden Nis beguiled | A |
| Hand in hand with her went he | C |
| And 'twas summer in the sea | C |
| And the hoary sea and grim | B |
| To its bosom folded him | B |
| Clasped and kissed the little form | H |
| And the ocean's heart was warm | H |
| - | |
| Now the sea calls out no more | E |
| It is winter on the shore | E |
| Winter where that little child | A |
| Made sweet summer when he smiled | A |
| Though 'tis summer on the sea | C |
| Where with maiden Nis went he | C |
| Summer summer evermore | E |
| It is winter on the shore | E |
| Winter winter evermore | E |
| Of the summer on the deep | I |
| Come sweet visions in my sleep | I |
| - | |
| His | C |
| fair face lifts from the sea | C |
| - | |
| His | C |
| dear voice calls out to me | C |
| These my dreams of summer be | C |
| - | |
| Krinken was a little child | A |
| By the maiden Nis beguiled | A |
| Oft the hoary sea and grim | B |
| Reached its longing arms to him | B |
| Crying 'Sun child come to me | C |
| Let me warm my heart with thee ' | - |
| But the sea calls out no more | E |
| It is winter on the shore | E |
| Winter cold and dark and wild | A |
| Krinken was a little child | A |
| It was summer when he smiled | A |
| Down he went into the sea | C |
| And the winter bides with me | C |
| Just a little child was he | C |
Eugene Field
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