Under The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCA DEEDCCA BFFBGGCCA HIIHCCH EJJECCH| Deep in the bosom of the ocean | A |
| Where sunshine fades to twilight gloom | B |
| The pure pearls lie and the coral bloom | B |
| Rests unsway'd by the upper motion | A |
| Calm and still the hours pass by | C |
| The lovely things that sleeping lie | C |
| Deep in the bosom of the ocean | A |
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| The thunder rolls from cloud to cloud | D |
| And the bitter blast sweeps o'er the sea | E |
| Shaking the waters mightily | E |
| But ne'er the tempest's voice so loud | D |
| Sinketh down to the things that lie | C |
| The lovely things that sleeping lie | C |
| Deep in the bosom of the ocean | A |
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| The icebergs crack with a sullen boom | B |
| Riven by the hands of the angry North | F |
| And like the Angel of Wrath sent forth | F |
| The whirlwind stalks with the breath of doom | B |
| Crushing like dust 'neath its heavy tread | G |
| The last frail spar o'er the seaman's head | G |
| But nought can reach the things that lie | C |
| The lovely things that sleeping lie | C |
| Deep in the bosom of the ocean | A |
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| Deep in the bosom of God's acre | H |
| Beyond the reach of grief or care | I |
| As sweetly rest the good and fair | I |
| Where Life's rude foes can ne'er o'ertake her | H |
| Calmly and sweetly the hours pass by | C |
| The bless d ones who sleeping lie | C |
| Deep in the bosom of God's acre | H |
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| Patience thou poor one faint and weary | E |
| For thou shalt come unto this rest | J |
| And leaning on a mother's breast | J |
| Forget the world to thee so dreary | E |
| Calmly and sweetly the hours pass by | C |
| The happy ones who hoping lie | C |
| Deep in the bosom of God's acre | H |
Walter R. Cassels
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