A Shell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFGGHH BIBIEEJJ IKIKEELL| Oh take this shell this pretty thing | A |
| With tinted waves of pearly red | B |
| Hold close your ear and hear it sing | A |
| Then tell me what its voice hath said | B |
| A song of surges deep and strong | C |
| A song of summer sweet and long | C |
| A sound of storm and wind and rain | D |
| A sound of joy a glad refrain | D |
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| O plaything of the idle sea | E |
| Whence come these changing tints of thine | F |
| Have sunset clouds looked down on thee | E |
| And stained thee with their hues divine | F |
| Oh tell the secrets thou must know | G |
| Of clouds above and waves below | G |
| Oh whisper of the bending sky | H |
| And ocean caves where jewels lie | H |
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| O beauteous sea shell tinged with red | B |
| What dost thou know what canst thou tell | I |
| Unto what mysteries are thou wed | B |
| Thou fragile thing thou pearly shell | I |
| A whisper of the sounding sea | E |
| A sweep of surges strong and free | E |
| A tale of life a tale of death | J |
| A warm bright sin an icy breath | J |
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| Ah more than this thou lovely shell | I |
| Thy years have gathered from the deep | K |
| And more than this thy voice can tell | I |
| Of things learned in that ocean sleep | K |
| A grave within the lonely sea | E |
| A spot where love can never be | E |
| A place where tears may never fall | L |
| A lonely grave and that is all | L |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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