The Sailor's Wife Speaks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBB DEFFEE GBHIH BB JAGGAA| Ye are dead they say but ye swore ye swore | A |
| Ye would come to me back from the sea | B |
| From out of the sea and the night ye cried | C |
| Nor the crawling weed nor the dragging tide | C |
| Could hold ye fast from me | B |
| Come ah come to me | B |
| - | |
| Three spells I have laid on the rising sun | D |
| And three on the waning moon | E |
| Are ye held in the bonds of the night or the day | F |
| Ye must loosen your bonds and away away | F |
| Ye must come where I wait ye soon | E |
| Ah soon soon soon | E |
| - | |
| Three times I have cast my words to the wind | G |
| And thrice to the climbing sea | B |
| If ye drift or dream with the clouds or foam | H |
| Ye must drift again home ye must drift again | I |
| home | H |
| - | |
| Wraith ye are free ye are free | B |
| Ghost ye are free ye are free | B |
| - | |
| Are the coasts of death so fair so fair | J |
| But I wait ye here on the shore | A |
| It is I that ye hear in the calling wind | G |
| I have stared through the dark till my soul is blind | G |
| O lover of mine ye swore | A |
| Lover of mine ye swore | A |
Don Marquis
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Sailor's Wife Speaks
The Sailor's Wife Speaks is a poem by Don Marquis. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Sailor's Wife Speaks poem by Don Marquis
Best Poems of Don Marquis