The Drowning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIDEJ KBLDEA| The rust of hours | A |
| Through a year of days | B |
| Has dulled the edge of the pain | C |
| But at night | D |
| A wheel in my sleep | E |
| Grinds it smooth and keen | F |
| - | |
| By day I remember | G |
| A face that was lit | H |
| With the softness of human pattern | I |
| But at night | D |
| It is changed in my sleep | E |
| To a bygone carved in chalk | J |
| - | |
| A cottage inland | K |
| Through a year of days | B |
| Has latched its doors on the sea | L |
| But at night | D |
| I return in my sleep | E |
| To the cold green lure of the waters | A |
E. J. Pratt
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