A Myth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBBE FGHG AIJI FGKG| A FLOATING a floating | A |
| Across the sleeping sea | B |
| All night I heard a singing bird | C |
| Upon the topmast tree | B |
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| Oh came you from the isles of Greece | D |
| Or from the banks of Seine | B |
| Or off some tree in forests free | B |
| Which fringe the western main | E |
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| I came not off the old world | F |
| Nor yet from off the new | G |
| But I am one of the birds of God | H |
| Which sing the whole night through | G |
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| Oh sing and wake the dawning | A |
| Oh whistle for the wind | I |
| The night is long the current strong | J |
| My boat it lags behind | I |
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| The current sweeps the old world | F |
| The current sweeps the new | G |
| The wind will blow the dawn will glow | K |
| Ere thou hast sail d them through | G |
Charles Kingsley
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