The Old Man Of The Sea - A Nightmare Dream By Daylight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PBPB QRQR STST UBUB AVAV| Do you know the Old Man of the Sea of the Sea | A |
| Have you met with that dreadful old man | B |
| If you have n't been caught you will be you will be | A |
| For catch you he must and he can | B |
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| He does n't hold on by your throat by your throat | C |
| As of old in the terrible tale | D |
| But he grapples you tight by the coat by the coat | C |
| Till its buttons and button holes fail | D |
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| There's the charm of a snake in his eye in his eye | E |
| And a polypus grip in his hands | F |
| You cannot go back nor get by nor get by | E |
| If you look at the spot where he stands | F |
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| Oh you're grabbed See his claw on your sleeve on your sleeve | G |
| It is Sinbad's Old Man of the Sea | A |
| You're a Christian no doubt you believe you believe | G |
| You're a martyr whatever you be | A |
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| Is the breakfast hour past They must wait they must wait | H |
| While the coffee boils sullenly down | I |
| While the Johnny cake burns on the grate on the grate | H |
| And the toast is done frightfully brown | I |
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| Yes your dinner will keep let it cool let it cool | J |
| And Madam may worry and fret | K |
| And children half starved go to school go to school | J |
| He can't think of sparing you yet | K |
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| Hark the bell for the train Come along Come along | L |
| For there is n't a second to lose | M |
| ALL ABOARD He holds on Fsht I ding dong Fsht ding dong | L |
| You can follow on foot if you choose | M |
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| There's a maid with a cheek like a peach like a peach | N |
| That is waiting for you in the church | O |
| But he clings to your side like a leech like a leech | N |
| And you leave your lost bride in the lurch | O |
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| There's a babe in a fit hurry quick hurry quick | P |
| To the doctor's as fast as you can | B |
| The baby is off while you stick while you stick | P |
| In the grip of the dreadful Old Man | B |
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| I have looked on the face of the Bore of the Bore | Q |
| The voice of the Simple I know | R |
| I have welcomed the Flat at my door at my door | Q |
| I have sat by the side of the Slow | R |
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| I have walked like a lamb by the friend by the friend | S |
| That stuck to my skirts like a bur | T |
| I have borne the stale talk without end without end | S |
| Of the sitter whom nothing could stir | T |
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| But my hamstrings grow loose and I shake and I shake | U |
| At the sight of the dreadful Old Man | B |
| Yea I quiver and quake and I take and I take | U |
| To my legs with what vigor I can | B |
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| Oh the dreadful Old Man of the Sea of the Sea | A |
| He's come back like the Wandering Jew | V |
| He has had his cold claw upon me upon me | A |
| And be sure that he 'll have it on you | V |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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