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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field - Imagery stripped down by Jane Steele

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off down a river
Into a sea.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The three were asked
"We have come to fish for the herring
That live in this sea;
We have nets,"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
They heard laughing and singing
As they rocked in the boat;
And the wind that sped them all night long
Stirred the waves;
The stars were the herring
That lived in the sea.
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish,—
Never afraid are we!"
So the fishermen three heard
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
All night their nets they threw
In the sea,—
Then came the boat,
Bringing the fishermen home:
'Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed
As if it could not be;
And some folk thought 'twas a dream they'd dreamed
Of sailing that sea;
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two eyes,
And Nod is a head,
And the boat that sailed
Is a child’s trundle-bed;
So shut your eyes while Mother sings
Of sights that be,
And you shall see the things
As you rock in the sea
Where the fishermen three were rocked
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
By Eugene Field

Last few words: 
This is my version of the poem. Due to a hiccup, Stan asked two of us (Sparrow and myself) to strip the same poem. As Sparrow and I have gone about this in two distinctly different ways, I thought I would still include my version. I have not tried to rewrite it, merely remove the imagery from the existing poem. As the whole poem is image soaked, this is a difficult task.
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Comments

I think most are finding that trying to strip a poem completely of imagery is a tough thing to do without leaving just a disconnected jumble of words. This is actually a GOOD thing as far as shop purposes are concerned because it really makes us understand how important imager is.......stan

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