Waves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLD MNMIDDOOEEEDDDDPQQDR RPPP DIADDDSDTDDDU MDMDVVPWJJDP AXI saw a tiny God | A |
Sitting | B |
Under a bright blue umbrella | C |
That had white tassels | D |
And forked ribs of gold | E |
Below him His little world | F |
Lay open to the sun | G |
The shadow of His hat | H |
Lay upon a city | I |
When he stretched forth His hand | J |
A lake became a dark tremble | K |
When he kicked up His foot | L |
It became night in the mountain passes | D |
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But thou art small | M |
There are gods far greater than thou | N |
They rise and fall | M |
The tumbling gods of the sea | I |
Can thy heart heave such sighs | D |
Such hollow savage cries | D |
Such windy breath | O |
Such groaning death | O |
And can thy arm enfold | E |
The old | E |
The cold | E |
The changeless dreadful places | D |
Where the herds | D |
Of horned sea monsters | D |
And the screaming birds | D |
Gather together | P |
From those silent men | Q |
That lie in the pen | Q |
Of our pearly prisons | D |
Canst thou hunt thy prey | R |
Like us canst thou stay | R |
Awaiting thine hour | P |
And then rise like a tower | P |
And crash and shatter | P |
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There are neither trees nor bushes | D |
In my country | I |
Said the tiny God | A |
But there are streams | D |
And waterfalls | D |
And mountain peaks | D |
Covered with lovely weed | S |
There are little shores and safe harbours | D |
Caves for cool and plains for sun and wind | T |
Lovely is the sound of the rivers | D |
Lovely the flashing brightness | D |
Of the lovely peaks | D |
I am content | U |
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But Thy kingdom is small | M |
Said the God of the Sea | D |
Thy kingdom shall fall | M |
I shall not let thee be | D |
Thou art proud | V |
With a loud | V |
Pealing of laughter | P |
He rose and covered | W |
The tiny God's land | J |
With the tip of his hand | J |
With the curl of his fingers | D |
And after | P |
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The tiny God | A |
Began to cry | X |
Katherine Mansfield
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