The Scallop Shell
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
A scallop shell, loosed by the lifting tide,
Had left a friendly shore, the seas to brave;
Its lips of pink and snowy hollow shone
Pure in the sun, a pearl upon the wave.
It gleamed and passed-you burdened it with love,
With sweet long futures, new and dreamy days:
And named for me-because I held your hopes.
I bid you hush-not meriting your praise.
I pointed, where your vessel came to shore,
Wrecked where the tiny breakers rose and fell;
And bid your voyagers not put to sea
So fail a craft as this poor scallop shell.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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