Compose 4 to 6 lines on ‘sea’.

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Sea

The land once pricked the sea,

Your waves from the shore flee,

And here it’s me,

Grounded unlike thee.

The sea in all its patience quipped in glee,

Oh I see!

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Chapter 2.3: The Inchcape Rock - Brainstorming (A5) [Page 108]

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