The Sea-fairies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GGHHFHHHHHHIHIHHHIJH JHKKHHHHLHLHHGMG| Slow sail'd the weary mariners and saw | A |
| Betwixt the green brink and the running foam | B |
| Sweet faces rounded arms and bosoms prest | C |
| To little harps of gold and while they mused | D |
| Whispering to each other half in fear | E |
| Shrill music reach'd them on the middle sea | F |
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| Whither away whither away whither away fly no more | G |
| Whither away from the high green field and the happy blossoming shore | G |
| Day and night to the billow the fountain calls | H |
| Down shower the gambolling waterfalls | H |
| From wandering over the lea | F |
| Out of the live green heart of the dells | H |
| They freshen the silvery crimson shells | H |
| And thick with white bells the clover hill swells | H |
| High over the full toned sea | H |
| O hither come hither and furl your sails | H |
| Come hither to me and to me | H |
| Hither come hither and frolic and play | I |
| Here it is only the mew that wails | H |
| We will sing to you all the day | I |
| Mariner mariner furl your sails | H |
| For here are the blissful downs and dales | H |
| And merrily merrily carol the gales | H |
| And the spangle dances in bight and bay | I |
| And the rainbow forms and flies on the land | J |
| Over the islands free | H |
| And the rainbow lives in the curve of the sand | J |
| Hither come hither and see | H |
| And the rainbow hangs on the poising wave | K |
| And sweet is the color of cove and cave | K |
| And sweet shall your welcome be | H |
| O hither come hither and be our lords | H |
| For merry brides are we | H |
| We will kiss sweet kisses and speak sweet words | H |
| O listen listen your eyes shall glisten | L |
| With pleasure and love and jubilee | H |
| O listen listen your eyes shall glisten | L |
| When the sharp clear twang of the golden chords | H |
| Runs up the ridged sea | H |
| Who can light on as happy a shore | G |
| All the world o'er all the world o'er | M |
| Whither away listen and stay mariner mariner fly no more | G |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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