East To West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBACCDDCEEFFE| Sunset smiles on sunrise east and west are one | A |
| Face to face in heaven before the sovereign sun | A |
| From the springs of the dawn everlasting a glory renews and transfigures the west | B |
| From the depths of the sunset a light as of morning enkindles the broad sea's breast | B |
| And the lands and the skies and the waters are glad of the day's and the night's work done | A |
| Child of dawn and regent on the world wide sea | C |
| England smiles on Europe fair as dawn and free | C |
| Not the waters that gird her are purer nor mightier the winds that her waters know | D |
| But America daughter and sister of England is praised of them far as they flow | D |
| Atlantic responds to Pacific the praise of her days that have been and shall be | C |
| So from England westward let the watchword fly | E |
| So for England eastward let the seas reply | E |
| Praise honour and love everlasting be sent on the wind's wings westward and east | F |
| That the pride of the past and the pride of the future may mingle as friends at feast | F |
| And the sons of the lords of the world wide seas be one till the world's life die | E |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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