One Foot On Sea, And One On Shore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EBCD FBED GBAD EBFD EBED| Oh tell me once and tell me twice | A |
| And tell me thrice to make it plain | B |
| When we who part this weary day | C |
| When we who part shall meet again | D |
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| When windflowers blossom on the sea | E |
| And fishes skim along the plain | B |
| Then we who part this weary day | C |
| Then you and I shall meet again | D |
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| Yet tell me once before we part | F |
| Why need we part who part in pain | B |
| If flowers must blossom on the sea | E |
| Why we shall never meet again | D |
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| My cheeks are paler than a rose | G |
| My tears are salter than the main | B |
| My heart is like a lump of ice | A |
| If we must never meet again | D |
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| Oh weep or laugh but let me be | E |
| And live or die for all's in vain | B |
| For life's in vain since we must part | F |
| And parting must not meet again | D |
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| Till windflowers blossom on the sea | E |
| And fishes skim along the plain | B |
| Pale rose of roses let me be | E |
| Your breaking heart breaks mine again | D |
Christina Rossetti
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