The Old Swimmer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PEFE| I OFTEN wander on the beach | A |
| Where once so brown of limb | B |
| The biting air the roaring surf | C |
| Summoned me to swim | B |
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| I see my old abundant youth | D |
| Whee combers lean and spill | E |
| And though I taste the foam no more | F |
| Other swimmers will | E |
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| Oh good exultant strength to meet | G |
| The arching wall of green | H |
| To break the crystal swirl emerge | I |
| Dripping taut and clean | H |
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| To climb the moving hilly blue | J |
| To dive in ecstasy | K |
| And feel the salty chill embrace | L |
| Arm and rib and knee | K |
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| What brave and vanished laughter then | M |
| And tingling thighs to run | N |
| What warm and comfortable sands | O |
| Dreaming in the sun | N |
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| The crumbling water spreads in snow | P |
| The surf is hissing still | E |
| And though I kiss the salt no more | F |
| Other swimmers will | E |
Christopher Morley
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