The Adventurer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GAAG HBBH A IA| THE land of gold was far away | A |
| The sea a challenge roared between | B |
| I left my throne my crown my queen | B |
| And sailed out of the quiet bay | A |
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| I met the challenge of the wave | C |
| The curses of the winds I mocked | D |
| The conquered wave my galley rocked | D |
| The wind became my envious slave | C |
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| I brought much treasure from afar | E |
| Spices and shells and rich attire | F |
| Red rubies fed with living fire | F |
| To lie where all my longings are | E |
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| Heavy with spoil my keel ploughed low | G |
| As slow we sailed into the bay | A |
| And long ago seemed yesterday | A |
| And yesterday looked long ago | G |
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| I came in triumph from the sea | H |
| Bent was my crown my courts grown mean | B |
| And on my throne a faded queen | B |
| Raised alien eyes and looked at me | H |
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| 'My queen These rubies let me lay | A |
| Upon thy heart as once my head ' | - |
| She smiled pale scorn 'My heart ' she said | I |
| And turned her weary eyes away | A |
Edith Nesbit
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