Bread Upon The Waters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DDD DDE DDE DDF GGF ASo you are lost to me | A |
Ah you you ear of corn straight lying | B |
What food is this for the darkly flying | B |
Fowls of the Afterwards | C |
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White bread afloat on the waters | D |
Cast out by the hand that scatters | D |
Food untowards | D |
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Will you come back when the tide turns | D |
After many days My heart yearns | D |
To know | E |
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Will you return after many days | D |
To say your say as a traveller says | D |
More marvel than woe | E |
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Drift then for the sightless birds | D |
And the fish in shadow waved herds | D |
To approach you | F |
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Drift then bread cast out | G |
Drift lest I fall in doubt | G |
And reproach you | F |
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For you are lost to me | A |
D. H. Lawrence (david Herbert Richards)
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