The Coral Island Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFDFGGHis arms were round a chest of oaken wood | A |
It was clamped with brass and iron studs and seemed | B |
An awful weight After a while he stood | A |
And I stole near to him His white eyes gleamed | B |
As he peeped secretly about he laid | C |
The oaken chest upon the ground then drew | D |
A great knife from his belt and stuck the blade | C |
Into the ground and dug The clay soon flew | D |
In all directions underneath a tree | E |
And when the hole was deep he put the box | F |
Down there and threw the clay back cunningly | D |
Stamping the ground quite flat then like a fox | F |
He crept among the trees I went next day | G |
To dig the treasure up but I lost my way | G |
James Stephens
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