The World Below The Brine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJIKLMNOPQFR| THE world below the brine | A |
| Forests at the bottom of the sea the branches and leaves | B |
| Sea lettuce vast lichens strange flowers and seeds the thick | C |
| tangle the openings and the pink turf | D |
| Different colors pale gray and green purple white and gold the | E |
| play of light through the water | F |
| Dumb swimmers there among the rocks coral gluten grass rushes | G |
| and the aliment of the swimmers | H |
| Sluggish existences grazing there suspended or slowly crawling | I |
| close to the bottom | J |
| The sperm whale at the surface blowing air and spray or disporting | I |
| with his flukes | K |
| The leaden eyed shark the walrus the turtle the hairy sea leopard | L |
| and the sting ray | M |
| Passions there wars pursuits tribes sight in those ocean depths | N |
| breathing that thick breathing air as so many do | O |
| The change thence to the sight here and to the subtle air breathed | P |
| by beings like us who walk this sphere | Q |
| The change onward from ours to that of beings who walk other | F |
| spheres | R |
Walt Whitman
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