Inland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEE FGEG HEHEPeople that build their houses inland | A |
People that buy a plot of ground | B |
Shaped like a house and build a house there | C |
Far from the sea board far from the sound | B |
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Of water sucking the hollow ledges | D |
Tons of water striking the shore | E |
What do they long for as I long for | E |
One salt smell of the sea once more | E |
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People the waves have not awakened | F |
Spanking the boats at the harbor's head | G |
What do they long for as I long for | E |
Starting up in my inland bed | G |
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Beating the narrow walls and finding | H |
Neither a window nor a door | E |
Screaming to God for death by drowning | H |
One salt taste of the sea once more | E |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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