Pretty Halcyon Days Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDAB BFBGHIHIBG JKJKLMLMJK NBNOPIPINB| How pleasant to sit on the beach | A |
| On the beach on the sand in the sun | B |
| With ocean galore within reach | A |
| And nothing at all to be done | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No letters to answer | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No bills to be burned | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No work to be shirked | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No cash to be earned | D |
| It is pleasant to sit on the beach | A |
| With nothing at all to be done | B |
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| How pleasant to look at the ocean | B |
| Democratic and damp indiscriminate | F |
| It fills me with noble emotion | B |
| To think I am able to swim in it | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp To lave in the wave | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Majestic and chilly | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Tomorrow I crave | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp But today it is silly | I |
| It is pleasant to look at the ocean | B |
| Tomorrow perhaps I shall swim in it | G |
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| How pleasant to gaze at the sailors | J |
| As their sailboats they manfully sail | K |
| With the vigor of vikings and whalers | J |
| In the days of the vikings and whale | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp They sport on the brink | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Of the shad and the shark | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp If it s windy they sink | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp If it isn t they park | M |
| It is pleasant to gaze at the sailors | J |
| To gaze without having to sail | K |
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| How pleasant the salt anesthetic | N |
| Of the air and the sand and the sun | B |
| Leave the earth to the strong and athletic | N |
| And the sea to adventure upon | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp But the sun and the sand | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No contractor can copy | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp We lie in the land | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Of the lotus and poppy | I |
| We vegetate calm and aesthetic | N |
| On the beach on the sand in the sun | B |
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