At Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBHB IJKJ KLML| Three are emerald pools in the sea | A |
| And wing like flashes of light | B |
| The sea is bound with the heavens | C |
| In a large delight | B |
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| Night comes out of the east | D |
| And rushes down on the sun | E |
| The emerald pools and the light pools | F |
| Are darkened and done | E |
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| Our boat dips and cleaves onward | G |
| Careless of night or of light | B |
| Following the line of her compass | H |
| By her engines' might | B |
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| Through the desert of air and of water | I |
| Like the lonely soul of man | J |
| Following her fate to the ending | K |
| Unaware of the hidden plan | J |
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| Sure only of battle and longing | K |
| Of the pain and the quest | L |
| And beyond in the darkness somewhere | M |
| Sure of her rest | L |
Duncan Campbell Scott
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