Seaward To____ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK LDLD MNMN ODHD| HOW long it seems since that mild April night | A |
| When leaning from the window you and I | B |
| Heard clearly ringing from the shadowy bight | A |
| The loon s unearthly cry | B |
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| Southwest the wind blew million little waves | C |
| Ran rippling round the point in mellow tune | D |
| But mournful like the voice of one who raves | C |
| That laughter of the loon | D |
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| We called to him while blindly through the haze | E |
| Uprose the meagre moon behind us slow | F |
| So dim the fleet of boats we scarce could trace | G |
| Moored lightly just below | F |
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| We called and lo he answered Half in fear | H |
| We sent the note back Echoing rock and bay | I |
| Made melancholy music far and near | H |
| Sadly it died away | I |
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| That schooner you remember Flying ghost | J |
| Her canvas catching every wandering beam | K |
| Aerial noiseless past the glimmering coast | J |
| She glided like a dream | K |
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| Would we were leaning from your window now | L |
| Together calling to the eerie loon | D |
| The fresh wind blowing care from either brow | L |
| This sumptuous night of June | D |
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| So many sighs load this sweet inland air | M |
| T is hard to breathe nor can we find relief | N |
| However lightly touched we all must share | M |
| This nobleness of grief | N |
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| But sighs are spent before they reach your ear | O |
| Vaguely they mingle with the water s rune | D |
| No sadder sound salutes you than the clear | H |
| Wild laughter of the loon | D |
Celia Thaxter
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