The Coral Island Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFDFGG| His 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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