The Egg-shell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGCGDHDH IJCKDBDD| The wind took off with the sunset | A |
| The fog came up with the tide | B |
| When the Witch of the North took an Egg shell | C |
| With a little Blue Devil inside | B |
| quot Sink quot she said quot or swim quot she said | D |
| quot It's all you will get from me | E |
| And that is the finish of him quot she said | D |
| And the Egg shell went to sea | E |
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| The wind fell dead with the midnight | F |
| The fog shut down like a sheet | G |
| When the Witch of the North heard the Egg shell | C |
| Feeling by hand for a fleet | G |
| quot Get quot she said quot or you're gone quot she said | D |
| But the little Blue Devil said quot No | H |
| quot The sights are just coming on quot he said | D |
| And he let the Whitehead go | H |
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| The wind got up with the morning | I |
| The fog blew off with the rain | J |
| When the Witch of the North saw the Egg shell | C |
| And the little Blue Devil again | K |
| quot Did you swim quot she said quot Did you sink quot she said | D |
| And the little Blue Devil replied | B |
| quot For myself I swam but I think quot he said | D |
| quot There's somebody sinking outside quot | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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