Thora Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFCF EGHG GIJI AGCG GGKG ECLC CGGG CMNM CGGG COAO GGAG CPIP CQRQ GSCS| Come under my cloak my darling | A |
| Thou little Norwegian main | B |
| Nor wind nor rain nor rolling sea | C |
| Shall chill or make thee afraid | D |
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| Come close little blue eyed maiden | E |
| Nestle within my arm | F |
| Thought the lightning leaps and the thunder peals | C |
| We shall be safe from harm | F |
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| Swift from the dim horizon | E |
| The dark sails scud for the land | G |
| Look how the rain cloud drops its fringe | H |
| About us on either hand | G |
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| And high from our plunging bowsprit | G |
| Dashes the cold white spray | I |
| And storm and tumult fill the air | J |
| And trouble the summer day | I |
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| But thou fearest nothing darling | A |
| Thought the tempest mutter and brood | G |
| Though the wild wind tosses they bright brown locks | C |
| And flutters thy grass green snood | G |
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| I kiss they wise wide forehead | G |
| While the thunder rolls so grand | G |
| And I hold the curve of they lovely cheek | K |
| In the hollow of my hand | G |
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| And I watch the sky and the ocean | E |
| And I study they gentle face | C |
| Its lines of sweetness and power | L |
| Thy type of they strong Norse race | C |
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| And I wonder what thy life will be | C |
| Thou dear and charming child | G |
| Who hast drifted so far across the world | G |
| To a home so lone and wild | G |
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| Rude and rough and sad perhaps | C |
| Anxious and full of toil | M |
| But I think no sorrow or hardship | N |
| Thine inner peace can spoil | M |
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| For better than kingly fortunes | C |
| Is the wealth that thou dost hold | G |
| A nature perfectly balanced | G |
| A beauty of heart untold | G |
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| Thou wilt open the door of patience | C |
| When sorry shall come and knock | O |
| But to every evil unworthy thing | A |
| Wilt thou the gates fast lock | O |
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| So shall thy day be blessed | G |
| Whatever may be thy lot | G |
| But what I am silently pondering | A |
| Thou understandest not | G |
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| And liftest to me thy steadfast eyes | C |
| Calm as if heaven looked through | P |
| Do all the maidens in Norway | I |
| Have eyes so clear and blue | P |
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| See darling where in the distance | C |
| The cloud breaks up in the sky | Q |
| And lets a ray of sunshine fall | R |
| Where our far off islands lie | Q |
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| White they gleam and the sea grows bright | G |
| And silver shines the foam | S |
| A little space and our anchor drops | C |
| In the haven of Love and Home | S |
Celia Thaxter
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