Ariel from The Little Mermaid
(A/N: Four lines to a verse; pattern is A B A B)
The seven sisters of the sea
Are mermaids. Ain't that swell?
Their father is King Triton. He
Has a favorite named Ariel.
Ariel has bright red hair,
A top of purple shells,
A sea green tail and fins in pair,
A voice that soothes and swells.
Ariel likes to collect
The human things from land.
But Sebastian won't protect
Her dreams of livin' on sand.
She swims away, so sad with tears,
And goes to Ursula, the sea witch.
The sea witch, confirming Triton's fears,
Ariel's fins for legs does switch.
Flounder and Sebastian help their friend
And get her up to air.
Ariel's legs they help to bend
In the humans' sundry lair.
Dear Prince Eric comes along;
He falls in love at first sight.
But Ariel's lost her gift of song,
And must help Eric see the light.
Just three days—it wasn't her choice
To win Prince Eric's heart.
She must use body—not her voice,
And kiss him, being smart.
Ursula meddles her way in;
The evil witch she is!
She won't let poor Ariel win:
She'll make herself be his.
And just in time—yet just too late
Ariel saves the day.
She gets her voice back, and her mate,
But Ursula won't let her stay.
King Triton saves his daughter's life,
But it's he who pays the price.
But Ariel prevails in the strife,
And all turns out quite nice.
But Ariel's cast back to the sea
Where she looks forlornly from afar.
King Triton hears her silent plea,
And lets her live where humans are.
So ends Ariel's thrilling tale.
Her marriage to Eric did pend.
And happy ending make one wail;
They lived happily ever after; the end!