Krinken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCDD EEFFCCCCCCC AACCBBGG DDAACCDDDHHCCC AABBCCDDAAACCC

Krinken was a little childA
It was summer when he smiledA
Oft the hoary sea and grimB
Stretched its white arms out to himB
Calling Sun child come to meC
Let me warm my heart with theeC
But the child heard not the seaC
Calling yearning evermoreD
For the summer on the shoreD
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Krinken on the beach one dayE
Saw a maiden Nis at playE
On the pebbly beach she playedF
In the summer Krinken madeF
Fair and very fair was sheC
Just a little child was heC
Krinken said the maiden NisC
Let me have a little kissC
Just a kiss and go with meC
To the summer lands that beC
Down within the silver seaC
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Krinken was a little childA
By the maiden Nis beguiledA
Hand in hand with her went heC
And 'twas summer in the seaC
And the hoary sea and grimB
To its bosom folded himB
Clasped and kissed the little formG
And the ocean's heart was warmG
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Now the sea calls out no moreD
It is winter on the shoreD
Winter where that little childA
Made sweet summer when he smiledA
Though 'tis summer on the seaC
Where with maiden Nis went heC
Summer summer evermoreD
It is winter on the shoreD
Winter winter evermoreD
Of the summer on the deepH
Come sweet visions in my sleepH
His fair face lifts from the seaC
His dear voice calls out to meC
These my dreams of summer beC
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Krinken was a little childA
By the maiden Nis beguiledA
Oft the hoary sea and grimB
Reached its longing arms to himB
Crying Sun child come to meC
Let me warm my heart with theeC
But the sea calls out no moreD
It is winter on the shoreD
Winter cold and dark and wildA
Krinken was a little childA
It was summer when he smiledA
Down he went into the seaC
And the winter bides with meC
Just a little child was heC

Eugene Field



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