Love At Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAAAB CCDEEFA GGHFFHA IIJBBJA KKLMML| WE ARE in love s land to day | A |
| Where shall we go | B |
| Love shall we start or stay | A |
| Or sail or row | B |
| There s many a wind and way | A |
| And never a May but May | A |
| We are in love s hand to day | A |
| Where shall we go | B |
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| Our landwind is the breath | C |
| Of sorrows kissed to death | C |
| And joys that were | D |
| Our ballast is a rose | E |
| Our way lies where God knows | E |
| And love knows where | F |
| We are in love s hand to day | A |
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| Our seamen are fledged Loves | G |
| Our masts are bills of doves | G |
| Our decks fine gold | H |
| Our ropes are dead maids hair | F |
| Our stores are love shafts fair | F |
| And manifold | H |
| We are in love s land to day | A |
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| Where shall we land you sweet | I |
| On fields of strange men s feet | I |
| Or fields near home | J |
| Or where the fire flowers blow | B |
| Or where the flowers of snow | B |
| Or flowers of foam | J |
| We are in love s hand to day | A |
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| Land me she says where love | K |
| Shows but one shaft one dove | K |
| One heart one hand | L |
| A shore like that my dear | M |
| Lies where no man will steer | M |
| No maiden land | L |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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