The Seaside Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEF GHIJK LMNFO PQLRS TFUVW| for Peter Ruppell | A |
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| You wrote such a love poem that I was | B |
| dumb founded left to scratch the sand | C |
| Alone in the surf I couldn t join the bait diggers | D |
| I d left my fork and bucket at home | E |
| I am not rough by nature | F |
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| You were sitting on top of a boulder deep in the forest | G |
| It was taller than a man surrounded by pine trees | H |
| I think there are pine trees on Fire Island | I |
| but I ve never been to Fire Island though | J |
| I can imagine we all know what could happen | K |
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| there but | L |
| the world that started in a parked car | M |
| was really a fearful one It would only lead | N |
| from one confusion to another | F |
| I couldn t do this to you on the giant highway | O |
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| She was a reason in herself women need | P |
| the menace of ambiguity in their actions | Q |
| so one action might well signify the opposite | L |
| an act of sacrifice really the act of killing revenge | R |
| this much was true | S |
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| The exercise book was green the distance | T |
| saved much embarrassment though you were | F |
| in many ways ignorant of this | U |
| I still can t find my bucket bait fork | V |
| but this is only an excuse | W |
Lee Harwood
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