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ARIEL'S SONG (1) [OR, DIRGE] [OR, A SEA DIRGE]. FR. THE TEMPEST by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: FULL FATHOM FIVE THY FATHER LIES
Last Line: HARK! NOW I HEAR THEM - DING, DONG, BELL!
Subject(s): DISASTERS; DROWNING; FAIRIES; MOURNING; SHIPWRECKS; ELVES; BEREAVEMENT;
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Burthen. - Dingdong!
Hark! now I hear them - ding, dong, bell!



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