Where Lies The Land To Which The Ship Would Go Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCAA DDEE AABB| Where lies the land to which the ship would go | A |
| Far far ahead is all her seamen know | A |
| And where the land she travels from Away | B |
| Far far behind is all that they can say | B |
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| On sunny noons upon the deck's smooth face | C |
| Linked arm in arm how pleasant here to pace | C |
| Or o'er the stern reclining watch below | A |
| The foaming wake far widening as we go | A |
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| On stormy nights when wild north westers rave | D |
| How proud a thing to fight with wind and wave | D |
| The dripping sailor on the reeling mast | E |
| Exults to bear and scorns to wish it past | E |
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| Where lies the land to which the ship would go | A |
| Far far ahead is all her seamen know | A |
| And where the land she travels from Away | B |
| Far far behind is all that they can say | B |
Arthur Hugh Clough
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Hilary Bradford: What a wonderful poem. We sang it as a 3 part song in our school choir many moons ago. Can anyone give details of the song, probably published as sheet music.
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