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