Seashore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHID JKLJ MNOPON AQMRSOOn the seashore of endless worlds children meet | A |
The infinite sky is motionless overhead | B |
and the restless water is boisterous | C |
On the seashore of endless worlds | D |
the children meet with shouts and dances | E |
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They build their houses with sand | F |
and they play with empty shells | G |
With withered leaves they weave their boats | H |
and smilingly float them on the vast deep | I |
Children have their play on the seashore of worlds | D |
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They know not how to swim they know not how to cast nets | J |
Pearl fishers dive for pearls merchants sail in their ships | K |
while children gather pebbles and scatter them again | L |
They seek not for hidden treasures they know not how to cast nets | J |
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The sea surges up with laughter | M |
and pale gleams the smile of the sea beach | N |
Death dealing waves sing meaningless ballads to the children | O |
even like a mother while rocking her baby's cradle | P |
The sea plays with children | O |
and pale gleams the smile of the sea beach | N |
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On the seashore of endless worlds children meet | A |
Tempest roams in the pathless sky | Q |
ships get wrecked in the trackless water | M |
death is abroad and children play | R |
On the seashore of endless worlds is the | S |
great meeting of children | O |
Rabindranath Tagore
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