Qua Cursum Ventus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CACA DADA AAAA EAFA CAGA AHCH| As ships becalm'd at eve that lay | A |
| With canvas drooping side by side | B |
| Two towers of sail at dawn of day | A |
| Are scarce long leagues apart descried | A |
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| When fell the night upsprung the breeze | C |
| And all the darkling hours they plied | A |
| Nor dreamt but each the self same seas | C |
| By each was cleaving side by side | A |
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| E'en so but why the tale reveal | D |
| Of those whom year by year unchang'd | A |
| Brief absence join'd anew to feel | D |
| Astounded soul from soul estrang'd | A |
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| At dead of night their sails were fill'd | A |
| And onward each rejoicing steer'd | A |
| Ah neither blame for neither will'd | A |
| Or wist what first with dawn appear'd | A |
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| To veer how vain On onward strain | E |
| Brave barks In light in darkness too | A |
| Through winds and tides one compass guides | F |
| To that and your own selves be true | A |
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| But O blithe breeze and O great seas | C |
| Though ne'er that earliest parting past | A |
| On your wide plain they join again | G |
| Together lead them home at last | A |
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| One port methought alike they sought | A |
| One purpose hold where'er they fare | H |
| O bounding breeze O rushing seas | C |
| At last at last unite them there | H |
Arthur Hugh Clough
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