Voyages I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEF GHCI JKLMNOP| I | A |
| - | |
| Above the fresh ruffles of the surf | B |
| Bright striped urchins flay each other with sand | C |
| They have contrived a conquest for shell shucks | D |
| And their fingers crumble fragments of baked weed | E |
| Gaily digging and scattering | F |
| - | |
| And in answer to their treble interjections | G |
| The sun beats lightning on the waves | H |
| The waves fold thunder on the sand | C |
| And could they hear me I would tell them | I |
| - | |
| O brilliant kids frisk with your dog | J |
| Fondle your shells and sticks bleached | K |
| By time and the elements but there is a line | L |
| You must not cross nor ever trust beyond it | M |
| Spry cordage of your bodies to caresses | N |
| Too lichen faithful from too wide a breast | O |
| The bottom of the sea is cruel | P |
Harold Hart Crane
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Kenneth Ellis: A favourite, though, I think, dismissed by Hart Crane as not so good.
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