Ballad About Nature

One fine glorious summer day

I wandered the beach, much like a stray

I had with me no company

But I made friends that day.

Come on little lobsters,

You can crawl with me.

We’ll find buried treasure then we’ll sail the seven seas.

The sands were hot, the sun shone bright

The waves crashed on the shore.

We searched that beach for hours,

But never were we bored.

Come on crawling crabs,

No need to hide from me.

We’ll find buried treasure then we’ll sail the seven seas.

We came across a hidden cave,

Amongst the burning sands.

No treasure there, but a ship to sail,

And a map to distant lands!

Come on merry dolphins,

Swim along with me.

We’ll find buried treasure then we’ll sail the seven seas

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Analyzation

The poem is about a day at the beach. He/she is describing the adventure they had while exploring the beach alone. I can infer that this person doesn't visit the beach very often or hasn't at all because they are very blown away by everything he or she is discovering. It describes how happy the person is to be there. The theme is the beach. It is talking about everything happening there and the emotion they feel while there. There is a quatrain followed by a tercet three times so six stanzas in total. There is no real structured rhyme scheme but a few lines do rhyme. The whole first stanza does for example. A poetic device used was a simile on line two. He/she is comparing them-self to a stray animal walking alone aimlessly. Also alliteration is used often, on lines 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12. Imagery is used very well to describe the scene. They use such things as colour and temperature to create an image in your head of the beach.