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The Sea
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The sea is a hungry dog, $ P; c: X( u5 }
Giant and grey.
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With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws% ^1 J( N) Y: p' K+ t D7 q& E
Hour upon hour he gnaws* U" K: h) Q* G0 f) y6 ]" b1 A9 r
The rumbling, tumbling stones,
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' ^+ O( Q# a5 I& h7 R0 rThe giant sea-dog moans, . _0 O/ B9 o( J5 Y( S/ Y4 t
Licking his greasy paws.
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And when the night wind roars
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?; ~% }9 ]) k+ SHe bounds to his feet and snuffs and sniffs,
; ` _# Z! i2 ?- x6 G( RShaking his wet sides over the cliffs, 6 V. @3 ?$ F4 y! T2 j
And howls and hollos long and loud.
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* W" M8 Q' k3 Z/ fBut on quiet days in May or June, , m% T' J1 f0 S! d
When even the grasses on the dune1 n7 D; {) ?& f, ~# H7 l
Play no more their reedy tune,
8 \# E5 }/ f4 U M1 e& g* d- GWith his head between his paws
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So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores.
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; q& V$ \" s) Q. U3 @1.what are some of the qualities the sea and a dog have in comon?8 h- l# ?- G4 S" p7 c3 |) x
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) q6 S& u9 C. B: u8 H2."shaking his wet side over the cliffs..." what is the sea doing?
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0 F+ B% p( l& _5 T" Q! ^- A5 [3."And howls and hollos long and loud." what aspect of the sea is the poet emphasizing?
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~) n. U* O1 Z, f4."with his head between his paws" what does the dog indicate about the sea?- r" ?: E* X5 X, q. W3 P
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5.In the lines of the poem the poet uses quite a number of "ss" sound what picture of the sea do these sounds give you? |
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