The Fly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHFH| How large unto the tiny fly | A |
| Must little things appear | B |
| A rosebud like a feather bed | C |
| Its prickle like a spear | B |
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| A dewdrop like a looking glass | D |
| A hair like golden wire | E |
| The smallest grain of mustard see | F |
| As fierce as coals of fire | E |
| - | |
| A loaf of bread a lofty hill | G |
| A wasp a cruel leopard | H |
| And specks of sale as bright to see | F |
| As lambkins to a shepherd | H |
Walter De La Mare
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Anthony Bird: "specks of salt" is how I have always known this poem. Whats a "specks of sale".?
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