Inland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEE FGEG HEHE| People 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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