The Ferry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCAB DBEEDB FGHHIG JCKKJC LIIILI MDDDMD| DRAW close the curtains and shut out | A |
| The spring's green glow and glitter | B |
| The resurrection life of spring | C |
| To me brings no fresh blossoming | C |
| I'm wearied of the flowers about | A |
| The London sparrows' twitter | B |
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| If I could dream if I could see | D |
| Once more the slow smooth river | B |
| The narrow path she used to tread | E |
| The sunlight on her little head | E |
| The white fire of the hawthorn tree | D |
| But I shall see them never | B |
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| Only the boat in dreams I steer | F |
| Among the tufted rushes | G |
| I see her white gown through the grass | H |
| That thrills with love to feel her pass | H |
| Only in dreams again I hear | I |
| Those unforgotten thrushes | G |
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| Sometimes in dreams I see her stand | J |
| Her hand held out and making | C |
| The sweet unreal so vivid seem | K |
| I only know it is a dream | K |
| When I reach out to take her hand | J |
| And find no hand for taking | C |
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| So once she stood and I too weak | L |
| To dare to say 'I love her' | I |
| I dropped her hand and took the oar | I |
| And rowed her to the farther shore | I |
| I had my chance and did not speak | L |
| And chances now are over | I |
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| How dark the room has grown yet no | M |
| The sky is blue above me | D |
| This is the boat the hawthorn tree | D |
| Is showering blossoms down on me | D |
| And she is here as long ago | M |
| And she has learned to love me | D |
Edith Nesbit
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